Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire 1803 John Sell Cotman British One of Britain’s most significant watercolorists, Cotman reshaped the medium as he expanded its aesthetic and expressive potential. Born in Norwich, northeast of London, Cotman relocated to the capital between 1798 and 1806, traveling and sketching in the summers. This moody image of the Gothic abbey at Rievaulx relates to a Yorkshire tour in 1803. By Cotman’s day, the ruins of Rievaulx—one of the Catholic institutions dissolved by Henry VIII when he broke from Rome in 1534—sheltered cattle and, for the artist, evoked the transience of hu
Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire 1803 John Sell Cotman British One of Britain’s most significant watercolorists, Cotman reshaped the medium as he expanded its aesthetic and expressive potential. Born in Norwich, northeast of London, Cotman relocated to the capital between 1798 and 1806, traveling and sketching in the summers. This moody image of the Gothic abbey at Rievaulx relates to a Yorkshire tour in 1803. By Cotman’s day, the ruins of Rievaulx—one of the Catholic institutions dissolved by Henry VIII when he broke from Rome in 1534—sheltered cattle and, for the artist, evoked the transience of human endeavor. Technically, the drawing demonstrates how, even early in his career, Cotman transformed architectural and natural forms into arresting two-dimensional Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire. John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London). 1803. Watercolor and graphite with reductive techniques. Drawings
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