Cotman, John Sell - Drop Gate - Tate Gallery art postcard

Art Postcard

 

• Work of art title: Drop Gate
• Artist (if known): John Sell Cotman
• Media or other details:  painting
• Publisher / Gallery: Tate Gallery, c.1940s/1950s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp & postmark details (if relevant): n/a
• Size: Modern
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Stock No.:A190

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 � 24 July 1842)^[1][2] was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author, a leading member of the Norwich school of artists.

Cotman was born in Norwich, England, the eldest son of a prosperous silk merchant and lace dealer, and was educated at the Free Grammar School. He showed a talent for art from an early age and would go out on frequent drawing trips into the surrounding countryside.

His father intended him to go into the family business but instead, intent on a career in art, he moved to London in 1797-98, initially making a living through commissions from print-sellers. He came under the patronage of Dr. Thomas Monro, whose house was also a studio and a meeting place for artists. There Cotman made the acquaintance of J M W Turner, Peter de Wint and Thomas Girtin - the last, in particular, becoming a very influential figure in his artistic development. He joined a sketching club started by Girtin, and went on drawing expeditions to Wales and Surrey.

In 1800, at the age of eighteen, Cotman exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time, and was also awarded an honorary palette by the Society of Arts. He continued to exhibit at the Academy until 1806, and also went on several extended drawing trips through England and Wales.

The Norwich Society years

In 1807 he returned Norwich and, joined the ""Norwich Society of Artists"", exhibiting many of his works there in 1808. In 1811 he became president of the society.

In 1809, Cotman married Ann Mills, daughter of a local farmer. They went on to have five children together. His main living came from teaching art and one of his students, the local antiquary Dawson Turner, became a good friend, introducing him to many pupils and collaborating on one of his books. Apart from painting and drawing, Cotman made many etchings of old buildings and sepulchral brasses in Norfolk which were published in four volumes between 1811 and 1819. He also made several journeys to Normandy in France, between 1817-20, and the engravings produced were also published in two volumes in 1822.

From 1812 to 1823, Cotman lived in Yarmouth and, being on the coast, was able to study shipping and master the form of waves. Some of his finest marine pieces date from this time.^[3] However, he returned to Norwich in 1824 in order to improve his financial position, and showed work from 1823 to 1825 at the Society of Artists' annual exhibitions. He was collected prints, books and armour, and also had a many models of ships to help him with his compositions.

In 1825, Cotman became an Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours and was a frequent exhibitor until 1839. However he was driven to despair by his constant financial struggles.