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Alexander Cozens

British artist (1717-1786) · Russia · On the map · Artists · Died at 69

Alexander Cozens was a British landscape painter in watercolours, born in Saint Petersburg, 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.

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His son was John Robert Cozens, regarded as one of the greatest of English watercolourists.

Country
Russia
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1717 to 1786 · aged 69