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john joseph cotman
john sell cotman was an english marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator, author and a leading member of the norwich school of painters.cotman was born in norwich, on 16 may 1782, the eldest son of a prosperous silk merchant and lace dealer. he was educated at the norwich school. he showed a talent for art from an early age and would often go out on frequent drawing trips into the countryside around norwich. his father intended him to go into the family business but instead, intent on a career in art, he moved to london in 1798, initially making a living through commissions from prin…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of john joseph cotman's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
