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SUMMARY:Cozens and Cozens
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DESCRIPTION:Father and son\, Alexander and John Robert Cozens\, were infl
 uential watercolour painters of the 18th century. Alexander was a drawin
 g master who dedicated his career to teaching young men and the aristocr
 acy how to create landscapes without needing to attend the Royal Academy
 .\n\n\nThis resulted in the publication of multiple guides demonstrating
  how to create the ideal landscape from a catalogue of features\, such a
 s clouds\, mountains and trees. Consequently\, many of Alexander’s survi
 ving works are fictional landscapes. Alexander argued that landscape ima
 ges could evoke particular states of mind or moral feelings in the viewe
 r. He became known as the ‘blot master’ for creating improvised composit
 ions from random markings\, an idea first suggested by Leonardo da Vinci
 . His theories elevated the status of landscape painting in the 18th cen
 tury and helped propel art practice towards the freedom that resulted in
  Abstract Expressionism.\n\n\nVisually John Robert inherited the skill o
 f his father\, but by contrast his works were honest accounts of his tra
 vels. The Romantic painter John Constable declared that John Robert ‘was
  the greatest genius that ever touched landscape’ as his work ‘was all p
 oetry’. Painting a landscape with watercolours was traditionally for top
 ography\, mapping landscapes. Watercolour was ideal as it was portable a
 nd could be used to ‘tint’ or ‘stain’ a map within the lines without dis
 torting it. John Robert revolutionized landscapes by painting with water
 colour to create mystery and emotion in the places he depicted.\n\n\nThe
  Whitworth owns nineteen watercolours and a rare oil by Alexander\, one 
 of only five known to exist. The gallery owns seventeen watercolors and 
 thirteen soft-ground etchings by John Robert. Seven sketchbooks from his
  Grand Tours of Europe in 1782-3 have been digitized allowing visitors t
 o see every page for the first time. They are unique in the world and we
 re copied by JMW Turner and Thomas Girtin in the 1790s. This exhibition 
 showcases the Whitworth’s collection of works by father and son\, the la
 rgest outside of London. By drawing on their uniting elements of trees a
 nd European exploration\, visitors will gain a rare insight into the pra
 ctices of 18th century artists.\n\n\n16 June 2017 – 16 June 2018
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:The Whitworth\, Manchester
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