About John Cotton

  • Biography

    The following information is provided by Elfrieda Moroney and is from a catalogue of an exhibition of the artist titled "John Wesley Cotton at the Fine Art Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in MAY 1931".

    AQUATINTS IN COLOUR BY JOHN COTTON

    JOHN COTTON -- Painter-Etcher - was born in Dundas, Ontario, Canada and received his early art training in Toronto. Later he studied in Chicago and in London, England. He has found subjects for pencil and brush in England, Belgium, France and Spain, as well as in various part of the United States and Canada. During the World War (1) he was stationed in France with the Educational Corps of the A.E.F. after the armistice having charge of the Etching Department of the Universi...

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