John Robert Cozens
British artist · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Lived 1752 to 1797 · aged 45
John Robert Cozens was an English painter of romantic watercolour landscapes, nearly all of Continental scenes. His career was brief and his production relatively low, but he had an enormous influence on later English watercolourists.
John Robert Cozens is read about 16 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?People around John
Family
John Robert CozensIs this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyMedia & music
Photos 8
![The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo, Yale. Compare the very similar version in the Tate,[1], and another at the Whitworth.[2] In all, there are 11 versions.[3]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/John_Robert_Cozens_-_The_Lake_of_Albano_and_Castle_Gandolfo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/1280px-John_Robert_Cozens_-_The_Lake_of_Albano_and_Castle_Gandolfo_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg)
The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo, Yale. Compare the very similar version in the Tate,[1], and another at the Whitworth.[2] In all, there are 11 versions.[3]
Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo at Sunset c. 1777, 43.5 cm (17.1 in) x 62.2 cm (24.4 in), auctioned in 2010 for £2.4 million
The Small Temple at Paestum, 10 x 14.5 inches, 7 November 1782. Once in the collections of William Beckford and Agnew
Ariccia (near Rome), from his first Italian visit
Lake Nemi and Genzano, Italy c. 1777.
On the Gulf of Salerno near Vietri, Metropolitan
Tivoli, 371 mm (14.6 in) x 533 mm (21 in), dated 1778, Yale
Aspen from the tree series, 1789, 24.3 x 31.7 cmAbout this person
Cozens painted striking watercolours which influenced Thomas Girtin and J. M. W. Turner, who together made copies of many of them when young, paid by Dr Monro, and has been described as "perhaps the most poetic of English painters". Despite using a "very limited palette, usually blues, greys, and greens, [and] the simplest of compositions ... there is a grandeur and simplicity about his best work which appeals directly to the heart". John Constable described Cozens as "all poetry", and "the greatest genius that ever touched landscape."
