A N D J O HN S E L L C O T MA N By L A U R E N C E B IN Y O N ° O Mr D e artmm t o P rin t: a n d D ra win ) 8 1 7:i Mal a/m f p f g ; L O N D O N EELEY A ND CO LIMITED GREA RU SSELL REE S . , T ST T NEW YORK : T HE MA CMILL A N COMPA NY 1897 4 L IST OF IL L U STRA TIONS urh am ath d r l B S o man B ritis h u se u m C e a . t M C . D . y J . u n o mbe Par S o m n o io n o f e e v e Es D c B . C t a e ct . C . k . y J . ll J R , q d S o n e io n R ve Es G r t ri tma . o ct f e B . C C o e e e a B . g y J ll J , q hi in in i Lin o n s re S Co man o e io n o f e v Es . r M c . B . t . ct . e e D a . C g ll , l y J ll J R , q ' P r n e El the d ra Fro m the Etch in b C o tman ri r s En t a C a . S o c . , y l g y J C r t o f th e A bbe Ch u rch o f th e Ho T rin it at ae n Fro m th e Etch in b yp y ly y C . g y S C o tman J . T he S w re o tm n i f v E h ado e d St am B . S. a o e t n o e s C . C c o . e e . y J ll J R , q Po s wi ro v B S o tm an o e n o f e v s C . ctio e e . t c e . 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Lan dsca e C o m o s itio n wi h i S n t F u re s . ma o . o t C io n o f C . e ct p p g By J ll J J . C o man Es l , q . P R E F A C E an d N U k Cotman are the glories o f the orwich School . nli e in o f t , in character, in the scope and aim their art , and in the N o f the . their lives , y are alike in possessing genius orwich u o f s two i great n mber excellent painter , but these stand h gh rest . “ is meant by the Norwich School ? The word school has f o f s . o bo d in several enses It meant , first all , the y painters I t o r n . n by a cer ain country , a certain province , a certain tow ' t times o f painting there were fe w migrations and a painter s u o f o B u t rally savo red the soil where he was b rn and bred . f m L a fo r e reer co munication and interaction eon rdo, exampl , M f F e M h ilan rom lorence , impr ssed all the ilanese painters wit cc f o f ; he ounded a school , the characteristics which are de R R his dominant personality and aphael did the like at ome , A fhas a a . o itsel sc rcely produced a p inter gain , in m dern times , “ seen s ch o ols which had their sole unity in holding certain - E Pre Ra s . in common , such as the nglish phaelite o Im in the primary se nse that we talk f the Norwich School . 0 c h r n o E st what ause we will , t e e is doubt that the a ern Counties o f e o f E The prolific painters than the r st ngland . a r an d o f o n e o f H ve age excellence number their artists remind olland , i l f o f rs so wh ch in actual physica eatures they cou e much resemble . The Norwich School had n o common bond o f theory ; it is their Norwich th an d r A n d if bir t aining which constitute them a distinct body . we are to ai all o i i group p nters into schools at , this is the m st reasonable pr nc ple R fo r i k o f ro to build on . ace counts much in art stic as in all inds p duction ; and though it is easier to be fan ciful than to be just in d is t n the h o f r o n e u l criminating be wee various sc ools a count y , wo d certainl y expect to fin d g eat differe nces resultin g from so great a variet y h r o f race as exists in Engl and . T ese are p obably mo re apparen t to l Of s fo re igne rs than to ourse ves . cour e there has always been the coun ter actin g influence o fan almo s t all- powerful ce n tre in Lond o n ; an d No rwich 6 PR EFA CE is the only place which possessed artists o f sufficient strength to create No r t s f a rival centre . would his have been po sible had Crome , their chie , f fo r L o f le t his native city ondon , like nearly every other genius the ro vm e p c s . This is a subject which has been little worked at ; and it is not Bu t has o f intended to pursue it here . as there been some tendency late o f N to discount the claims orwich to include Cotman in her school , on in L the ground that he was chiefly trained ondon , where also he worked fo r r o f f n the last yea s his li e , it is well to make plai the reasonable o f f . C grounds his inclusion otman himsel , whose heart was always with N N f orwich and with or olk , would assuredly not have wished to be dis ia f so c te d rom them . O n C the other hand , it is right to recognise that Crome and otman far n N w o f are more tha local glories or ich claims them by right birth , f B f ' E o . o C ngland by right genius oth these painters, otman especially , ff o f have su ered misconception , since much their best work , indeed all ’ n Cotman s best work , is in private ha ds and unknown to the general public ; and both have been too often judged by imitations o f their ’ C f o f pictures . rome s work in particular has been con used with that his . O n pupils, besides being most extensively imitated this account the writer has preferred to treat as far as possible with pictures and drawings Fo r that are not only authentic but attested .