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John Sell Cotman

1782 - 1842

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John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, and a leading member of the Norwich School of painters. Born in Norwich, the son of a silk merchant and lace dealer, Cotman was educated at the Norwich Grammar School. He showed an early talent for art. It was intended that he followed his father into the family business but, intent on a career in art, he moved to London in 1798, where he met artists such as J. M. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sell Cotman has received more than 134,051 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Sell Cotman is the 1,978th most popular painter, the 5,579th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 127th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Sell Cotman ranks 1,978 out of 2,023. Before him are Helena Kottler Vurnik, Howard Hodgkin, John Crome, Arthur Streeton, Vajiha Samadova, and Maggie Laubser. After him are Eugene J. Martin, Charles Marion Russell, Louise Rayner, Thomas Hill, Chéri Samba, and Stephen Wiltshire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, John Sell Cotman ranks 48. Before him are Georgios Kountouriotis, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Lewis Cass, Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Marie-Anne Libert, and Charles James Napier. After him is Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1842, John Sell Cotman ranks 43. Before him are William Ellery Channing, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Archibald Menzies, Amos Eaton, William Hobson, and James Barbour. After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Chand Kaur, and Daniel Beale.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Sell Cotman ranks 5,579 out of 8,785. Before him are John Glascock (1951), Lady Ottoline Morrell (1873), Barry Unsworth (1930), Peter Noone (1947), Mary Berry (1935), and Passenger (1984). After him are Allan Cunningham (1791), Iain Pears (1955), Tammy Abraham (1997), Antony Tudor (1908), Mason Mount (1999), and Nigel Stepney (1958).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Sell Cotman ranks 127. Before him are Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Derek Riggs (1958), William Nicholson (1872), David Payne (1843), Howard Hodgkin (1932), and John Crome (1768). After him are Louise Rayner (1832), Thomas Hill (1829), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Tom Roberts (1856), Ernest Townsend (1880), and Hablot Knight Browne (1815).

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