Edward John Cobbett
Edward John Cobbett | |
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Born | 1815 Marylebone, London, England |
Died | 11 October 1899, age 84 |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Landscape painting, flower painting, rustic scenes, child portraiture |
Edward John Cobbett (1815–1899) was an English watercolour and oil painter.
Background
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Cobbett was born in Marylebone, London, in 1815.[1][2][nb 1] He was a member of the Savage Club in his younger days, "when Bohemianism and exclusiveness were the purport of all its rules".[3] He had a "considerable circle of artistic friends ... he was to the last generation of artistic Bohemians well known".[4] In 1971 and 1881 he was living at 20 Oakley Square, St Pancras, London, with his wife Mary Anne née Haynes and four daughters including Theodosia Mary Ann Cobbett (born 1841),[nb 2] Phoebe Maria Cobbett (born 1849),[nb 3] Edith Haynes Cobbett (born 1856),[nb 4] and Gertrude Winifred Cobbett (born 1862).[nb 5][5] He described himself as an "artist, figure and landscape".[nb 6]
His daughter Gertrude Winifred married Gerald Aubrey Goodman in 1885.[5]
Cobbet moved to Surrey,[2] retired in 1885, and died aged 84 at Avondale, Winchmore Hill, North London on 11 October 1899.[2][6][7] He is buried in a family grave on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
Training and career
[edit]Cobbett was originally a wood carver, and at the time of his death in 1899, some of his carving could still be seen in the choir of York Minster.[3] However when he was twenty years old he became a painter.[3]
Cobbet was a pupil of Joseph William Allen.[2][1] "He quickly made a name for himself as one of the chief exponents of the rustic school of painting which had a great vogue from about the middle of the century to the early 'eighties".[3] He worked in London and Addlestone, Surrey.[8]
Works
[edit]Cobbett was known for idyllic rustic scenes and depictions of children.[9]
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Peeling Apples by Edward John Cobbett
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The Cottage by Edward John Cobbett
Exhibitions
[edit]Cobbett exhibited at the British Institution,[1] the Royal Academy from 1833 to 1880 (including "over thirty consecutive years"),[3] the Suffolk Street Gallery and the Society of British Artists,[2] particularly on landscape and flower subjects.[1][10]
Collections
[edit]- Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate: Peeling Apples (undated)
Notes
[edit]- ^ England Census 1871, RG10/220, page 43, schedule 67, St Pancras, London
- ^ Births Dec 1841 Cobbett Theodosia Mary Ann St Pancras I 300
- ^ Births Mar 1849 Cobbett Phoebe Maria Kensington III 375
- ^ Births Mar 1856 Cobbett Edith Haynes St. Pancras 1b 148
- ^ Births Dec 1862 Cobbett Gertrude Winifred Pancras 1b 96
- ^ England Census 1881, RG11/197 page 26, St Pancras
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 81. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.
- ^ a b c d e "Cobbett, Edward John". oxfordartonline.com. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Probably only a few of the present generation will remember". Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 21 October 1899. p. 2 col.2. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "A considerable circle". Northwich Guardian. British Newspaper Archive. 18 October 1899. p. 7 col.3. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Marriages". London Standard. 26 October 1885. Retrieved 13 April 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Winchmore Hill". Barnet Press. British Newspaper Archive. 28 October 1899. p. 3 col.2. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Deaths". Globe. British Newspaper Archive. 14 October 1899. p. 7 col.5. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Wright; Catherine May Gordon; Mary Peskett Smith (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. p. 248. ISBN 0-300-11730-2.
- ^ "maasgallery.co.uk, Category: British Pictures 2014 - Image: 37. Edward John Cobbett RBA 1815-1899". Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ Ray Desmond (25 February 1994). Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. CRC Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-85066-843-8.
External links
[edit] Media related to Edward John Cobbett at Wikimedia Commons
- 11 artworks by or after Edward John Cobbett at the Art UK site