Alexander Cozens

1717–1786

Alexander Cozens, ‘A Blot: Tigers’ c.1770–80 — A Blot: Tigers c.1770–80
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Biography

Alexander Cozens (1717–1786) was a British landscape painter in watercolours, born in Russia. He taught drawing and wrote treatises on the subject, evolving a method in which imaginative drawings of landscapes could be worked up from abstract blots on paper. His son was the artist John Robert Cozens.

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Artworks

Alexander Cozens, ‘A Blot: Tigers’ c.1770–80

Alexander Cozens A Blot: Tigers

c.1770–80

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Alexander Cozens, ‘The Cloud’ c.1770

Alexander Cozens The Cloud

c.1770

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Alexander Cozens, ‘A Blot: Landscape Composition’ c.1770–80

Alexander Cozens A Blot: Landscape Composition

c.1770–80

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Alexander Cozens 22. Half Cloud Half Plain, the Clouds Lighter than the Plain Part, and Darker at the Top than the Bottom. The Tint Twice Over in the Plain Part, and Once in the Clouds

date not known

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Alexander Cozens and a pupil A Blot, Based on New Method, Plate 10. Verso: A Clumsier Blot

date not known

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Alexander Cozens, ‘Rocky Bay Scene’ ?c.1759–65

Alexander Cozens Rocky Bay Scene

?c.1759–65

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Alexander Cozens, ‘Plate 6’ c.1785

Alexander Cozens Plate 6

c.1785

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Alexander Cozens, ‘Plate 9’ c.1785

Alexander Cozens Plate 9

c.1785

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