Francis Cotes
Francis Cotes | |
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Pierre-Étienne Falconet | |
| Born | 20 May 1726 |
| Died | 16 July 1770 (aged 44) |
Francis Cotes Royal Academy in 1768.
Life and work
Maria Walpole, Countess Waldegrave, Later H.R.H. Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736-1807)
, 1765, oil on canvasHe was born in London, the eldest son of Robert Cotes, an apothecary (Francis's younger brother Samuel Cotes (1734–1818) also became an artist, specialising in miniatures). Cotes trained with portrait painter George Knapton (1698–1778) before setting up his own business in his father's business premises in London's Cork Street—learning, incidentally, much about chemistry to inform his making of pastels.
An admirer of the pastel drawings of
Sir Joshua Reynolds. They have clarity and warmth and possess a remarkable attention to costume.[1] In 1763, he bought a large house (later occupied by George Romney
) in Cavendish Square. He also painted The Young Cricketer.
After 1746, the costumes in his pictures were mostly executed by the specialist drapery painter Peter Toms.[2]
One of the most fashionable portrait painters of his day, Cotes helped found the
Royal Academy, but died just two years later, aged 44, in Richmond
.
He also taught pastel skills to
John Russell
, who described Cotes' techniques in his book The Elements of Painting with Crayon.
References
- ISBN 978-1-907200-03-8
- ^ "Biographical details Francis Cotes (painter/draughtsman; British; Male; 1726 - 1770)". British Museum. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- Neil Jeffares. Francis Cotes (Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis Cotes.
- 60 artworks by or after Francis Cotes at the Art UK site
- Francis Cotes online (Artcyclopedia)
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