John Wesley Cotton [Canadian/American, 1869-1931] Arrowhead Peak Etching

John Wesley Cotton [Canadian/American, 1869-1931]
CPS

Arrowhead Peak

4 3/4 x 2  inches (12 x 5.2 cm)

Etching.

signed 'J. Cotton' and titled in pencil

Framed. 11 7/8  x 8 7/8 inches (29.9 x 22.5 cm)

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John W. Cotton [1869-1931]

Cotton's studies began in Toronto at the Art Students League in 1886, followed by studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1911 he began a two-year period of study with E. M. Wilson in London. During World War I, Cotton spent time in Belgium and France and a body of his work is devoted to the picturesque landscape of Europe.

His first solo exhibition was in Toronto in 1912 and he won a medal for his etchings at the San Francisco Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. 3 years later he moved to Glendale, California.

Cotton was a member of the California Printmakers Society and the California Watercolor Society.

See Artists in Canada: A List of Artists' Files. National Gallery of Canada: 1999.