The age of John Sell Cotman was the era of the great English watercolour lists. Already at a young age, the artist from well-off circumstances studied the basics of watercolour painting. It drew the artists out into the nature of his homeland and locally the translucent landscape paintings with their flowing transitions were created. Cotman was not exclusively an artist, he was also a teacher throughout his life and developed the romantic landscape painting with its light reflections.
In contrast to Cotman's colleagues Joseph Mallord William Turner and Thomas Girtin, Cotman worked with a strict image composition and the demarcation of light and dark areas in his works. His work "The Greta Bridge" shows very clearly approaches of the later popular style, which reminds of Japanese woodblock prints. The river Greta is a recurring theme in Cotman's works between 1803 and 1805. During regular summer stays he studied the river and developed a new way of depicting it.
John Sell Cotman had a great talent. Already at a young age he produced a series of etchings. Thematically he chose architecturally interesting buildings of historic Yorkshire. "The Castle at Tancarville" is one of Cotman's etchings which shows a great attention to detail. John Sell Cotman leaves behind a great and creative work. During his lifetime, the artist regularly exhibited in large houses and received artistic recognition.
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.jpg "The Market Place, Norwich, taken from Mr Coopers, 1807 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A River Scene, c. 1800-1842, 1924 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, West Front by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Horse loaded with Artist")
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.jpg "New Bridge, Durham, 1923 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "East End of Howden Church, Yorkshire by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Ploughed Field, 1923 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Chirk Aqueduct, 1806-7 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "The Drop Gate, Duncombe Park, 1923 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "St. Luke")
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.jpg "No. 2303 Dolgelly, North Wales, 1804-05 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Brampton Church, Norfolk, from the South-East by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Capitals in the Abbey Church of St. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901374).jpg "The Mountain of the Roule, Cherbourg by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-560418).jpg "Castle by Water by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 33, Conway Castle, N. Wales by John Sell Cotman")
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_c1808-9_-_(MeisterDrucke-560406).jpg "Cottages with a Washerwoman (Elm Hill, Norwich) c.1808-9 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Ruin Behind the Free School, Thetford, Suffolk by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901375).jpg "The Water Gate, York by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Study of a Coffin Lid from Houghton Churchyard, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1025660).jpg "A Wooded Park by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-249729).jpg "Cain and Abel, 1800-03 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "West Window of Snettisham Church, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Summer Day by John Sell Cotman")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-207987).jpg "On the River Greta, Yorkshire by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Trees Near The Greta River by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1102818).jpg "St. Botolph")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 9, A Study by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-560420).jpg "Fish Swills and Rudder, 1809 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Bridge in a Continental Town by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Trees near the Greta River by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Silver Birches by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "River Landscape, Probably near Thorpe, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Mountainous Landscape, North Wales by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Summer Day by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 16, A Study by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "View of the Donjon of Chateau Gaillard, near Andelys, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901892).jpg "Hell Cauldron by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 37, A Study by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Bedlam Furnace Near Irongate, Shropshire by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-560394).jpg "Cheyne Walk, London, c.1809-10 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 27, Kilgarren Castle, N. Wales, 1838 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Jesus Chapel, Norwich Cathedral, c.1807 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Devil")
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.jpg "Framlingham Castle, Suffolk: Part of Ruined Interior by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Draining Mill, Lincolnshire by John Sell Cotman")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-14697).jpg "The Rise of the Stocks (One of a Set of Three) by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Greta Bridge, Yorkshire, 1810 by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1131736).jpg "Haystacks by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Bridge in a Continental Town by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Byland Abbey, Yorkshire by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "The Lake, 1923 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Great Snoring Church, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1132487).jpg "Romanesque Ruin by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "The South Gate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901946).jpg "Barnard Castle from Towler Hill by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Mountain Scene, 1923 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Framlingham Castle, Suffolk - Part of Ruined Interior by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Castle in Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Holt Heath, near Norwich by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 35, Wenlock Priory, Salop by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Brecon Bridge by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Raynham Hall, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Knapton Church, Norfolk, from the North-East by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Fantastic Figures Seated on a Mound by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Classical Landscape by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Window on the North Side of Burnham Ulph Church, Norfolk by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Yarmouth, the North-west Tower by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Dinant by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 42, Capel Carrig, Caernarvonshire by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Mortain, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 23, Ruins at Beeston, Norfolk: No. 3 by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Bamborough Castle, Northumberland by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Liber Studiorum: Plate 45, French Beggars by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Wooded Landscape by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Group of Trees by a Fence by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Dark Trees by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123101).jpg "Cattle Watering by John Sell Cotman")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1115761).jpg "Welsh Mountains by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "West Doorway and Window in the Church of Ham near Valognes, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Castle in a Landscape by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "A Dismasted Brig by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Harlech Castle by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "The Waterfall by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Interior of a Dormitory of the Ipswich Blackfriars at the End of its Period of Occupation by Ipswich by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Greta Woods by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Lake at Trentham, Staffordshire by John Sell Cotman")
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.jpg "Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy by John Sell Cotman")
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