English Romantic Painter, 1782-1842 English painter and etcher. Cotman was born in the parish of St Mary Coslany, Norwich, the son of Edmund Cotman, a hairdresser, later a haberdasher, and Ann Sell. In 1793 he entered Norwich Grammar School as a 'freeplacer'. In 1798 he moved to London, where he worked as an assistant to the publisher Rudolph Ackermann. Following in the footsteps of Turner and Thomas Girtin he joined Dr Monro's 'Academy' in 1799 and became a member of the sketching society that had developed around the personality and talent of Girtin.   Related Paintings of John sell cotman :. | Seashore with Boats | Lee Shore,with the Wreck of the Houghton Pictures (mk47) | chirk aqueduct | Mont St.Michel,Normandy (mk47) | seashore with boats |
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