John Robert Cozens

John Robert Cozens
John Robert Cozens, Public domain

(1752–1797) British artist

John Robert Cozens (United Kingdom, 1752–1797) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, John Robert Cozens belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.

John Robert Cozens was born in London and died in London. John Robert Cozens studied under Alexander Cozens. John Robert Cozens worked in Bath, Switzerland, Rome, and Bath. The students included Thomas Sunderland.

The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting, history painting, and Italianization. The catalogue has 30 works by John Robert Cozens with free images. The dated works span the years 1773–1791. Works by John Robert Cozens are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, Birmingham Museums Trust, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Gallery Oldham.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Joseph Nollekens, Richard Cosway, Thomas Daniell, and James Sharples (I).