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Alexander Cozens

Alexander Cozens

British-Russian, 1717–1786
WA-00049915
Painting
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
22
Works in Collection
283
Assets Indexed
6
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
70%
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Authority Records (1)

Field Verification (5 fields)

3 cross-verified · 2 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
  • Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
  • LocationArtsy· 85%
  • BiographyAi Generated· 72%

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Why this artist matters now

Alexander Cozens was a British landscape painter in watercolour who developed a method for generating imaginative landscape compositions from abstract blots on paper. Born in Saint Petersburg, he taught drawing and wrote treatises on artistic practice. His son, John Robert Cozens, also became a watercolourist.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (22)

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Artwork sources (4)

22 published of 260 catalogued · 22 with image
  • Wikidata
    19 published19 img
  • Art Institute Chicago
    2 published2 img
  • Nga
    1 publishedof 2 catalogued1 img
  • + 1 more source · 237 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

50 entries · 1 sources
  • Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)
    1780 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Mountainous Landscape
    1780 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Mountain Landscape with a Hollow
    1770 · Nga · 5 prov
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  • Page 19, A Tower in a Landscape
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Page 12, A Machine for a Drawing Book of Dry Coll for Travelling, Notes on Methods of Drawing
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Page 24, Blank
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Page 17, Blank
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Page 31, Blank
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Page 20, Blank
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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  • Roman Sketchbook
    1746 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Images

23 assets
Alexander Cozens (1717 1786) Setting Sun O.1997.3 Whitworth Art Gallery
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Alexander Cozens Draft of Correspondence to William Hoar Esq , Bath B1978.43.166(61) Yale Center for British Art
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Alexander Cozens An Arch in the Vault of an Overgrown Ruin B1977.14.5674 Yale Center for British Art
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
A coastal landscape with a ruined tower
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
A Blot Lake with Boat, Surrounded by Trees MET DP801056
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Alexander Cozens Buildings by a River with Hills in Background Google Art Project
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Alexander Cozens Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study) Google Art Project
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
Alexander Cozens Coastal Scene with Wooded Cliff Google Art Project
Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)
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Relationships

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Collections3
Art Institute of ChicagoNational Gallery of ArtTate
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Representation & Collections

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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
In collection
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
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Tate
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
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