Cotmania. Vol. II. 1927-8

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at Messrs. Thos. Agnew & Sons' Galleries
43 Old Bond Street, Piccadilly W1
March 1928

1. Among the Hills. J. S. Cotman
2. Off Cromer. J. S. Cotman

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W.Tatton Winter, R.B.A.
Tatton Winter was one of our most popular water-colour painters of the older school, who based their art upon the skilful representation of natural effects rather than upon a summary in broad terms of the medium. "Older," however, must be understood to mean in relation to the present generation, because Winter was at the farthest possible remove from such early practitioners as Girtin, De Wint, and Cotman. He derived, rather, from David Cox, and shared his preoccupation with weather, particularly wet weather, and in the form of his pictures it was evident that he had studied Corot with affection, leaning trees of the poplar and willow species being favourite expedients in his designs.
Winter, though his range was wider than his most familiar work allowed to appear, may almost be said to have patented a certain type of landscape: a muddy road, preferably at late afternoon in winter, with its rain-filled ruts reflecting the western sky, and an old market woman with big umbrella and laden basket, boring her way into the wind. At one side of the picture there would be a blown thorn, or the leaning willows referred to, and perhaps in the distance a sign-post. Sometimes a shepherd with his flock would be substituted for the old woman, but the retiring road was a constant feature.
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