John Wesley COTTON

Mr John Wesley COTTON
1869
1931

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)