John Wesley COTTON
Canadian painter from Toronto, primarily associated with Glendale, California.
Black and white Studies were accepted by the RA in 1912 from this artist at the same time as those of Alfred HARTLEY. He also sent-in two paintings to Liverpool from an address in St Ives, where he is known to have worked on and off from 1911 to 1916.
He spent the last twelve years of his life in California.
media
Painting in watercolour, printmaking
works and access
Works include: Black & White Study (1920); Polperro Roofs - Gleaming Light (pencil drawing)
exhibitions
RA 1912 (sending-in address: St Ives)
Liverpool (2)
references
St Ives Times 10 May 1912
AskART
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p320)
Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists
Mallett's Index
Tovey, David (2021) Polperro - Cornwall's Forgotten Art Centre - Volume One - Pre-1920, Wilson Books
Whybrow (1994) St Ives (1911-20 list pp 216-8)