Frederick George Cotman

Frederick George Cotman (1850–1920) was an English painter of landscapes, portraits and interiors and a member of the Norwich School of painters.

Frederick George Cotman
Born	14 August 1850 Ipswich, Suffolk
Died	16 July 1920 (aged 69) Felixstowe, Suffolk
Occupation	Artist
Notable work	One of the Family
Movement	Norwich School of painters
Spouse(s)	Anne Barclay Grahame

Life

One of the Family,(1880), Walker Art Gallery

Frederick George Cotman, was born at 186 Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich on 14 August 1850, the youngest child of Henry Edmund Cotman (1802–1871), a Norwich silk merchant and his wife Maria Taylor (1813–1895).[1] He was the nephew of John Sell Cotman and the cousin of John Joseph Cotman. He was a private pupil of William Thomson Griffiths, the Head of Ipswich School of Art.[2]

Cotman is tenuously linked with the Norwich School of painters because of his family connection with John Sell Cotman, who was one of its leading artists. He never lived in Norfolk, unlike so many of the artists of the school.[2]

He worked in both oil and watercolours. His best known work, One of the Family, is now held by the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Throughout his career, which was generally spent in London, he created over thirty paintings. He was a founder member of the influential Ipswich Art Club, and remained a member of it all his life.[2]

Cotman died in Felixstowe on 16 July 1920.[3]

References

1. Cotman, Frederick George, Suffolk Artists
2. Walpole, Art and Artists of the Norwich School, p.107-8.
3. "Find a will". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

Bibliography

• Walpole, Josephine (1997). Art and Artists of the Norwich School. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-261-5.

External links

• Works by Frederick George Cotman in the Norfolk Museums Collections
• Frederick George Cotman – Suffolk Artists website
• Works by Frederick George Cotman at ArtUK.