Frederick George Cotman (

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14 August 1850 – 16 July 1920) was a British painter of

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s and interiors and a member of the Norwich School of painters.

Life

Frederick George Cotman - One of the Family - Google Art Project

Frederick was born into the Cotman family of artists. His parents were Henry Edmund Cotman (1802–1871), formerly a

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merchant and his wife Maria Taylor (1813–1895). His elder brothers, Henry Edmund Cotman (1844–1914), and

Thomas Cotman Thomas William Cotman (1847, Bermondsey – 30 October 1925 Felixstowe) was an English architect and painter active in Felixstowe. Family Thomas was born into the Cotman family of artists. His parents were Henry Edmund Cotman (1802–1871), for ...

(1847–1925) were born in

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before the family moved to Ipswich. Frederick was born at 186 Wykes Bishop Street,

in 1850 and was the youngest child of the family He was the nephew of

John Sell Cotman John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English Marine art, marine and Landscape painting, landscape painter, Etching, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Born in Norwich, the son of a si ...

and the cousin of John Joseph Cotman and

Miles Edmund Cotman Miles Edmund Cotman (5 February 1810 –23 January 1858) was an English artist of the Norwich School of painters, the eldest son of John Sell Cotman. Life Cotman was born on 5 February 1810, the son of the artist John Sell Cotman and Ann Mile ...

. He was a private pupil of William Thomson Griffiths, the Head of

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.Walpole, ''Art and Artists of the Norwich School'', p.107-8. Cotman links with the Norwich School of painters arise mainly because of his family connection with John Sell Cotman, who was one of its leading artists. However he never lived in

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, unlike so many of the artists of the school. He worked in both

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and

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. His best known work, ''One of the Family'', is now held by the

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. Throughout his career, which was generally spent in

, 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. Cotman died in

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on 16 July 1920.

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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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cotman, Frederick George 1850 births 1920 deaths Artists from Ipswich