About Thomas Cotman
Lived 1847 – 1925 (aged 77–78). Thomas Cotman was a British painter and architect.
Thomas William Cotman (1847, Bermondsey – 30 October 1925 Felixstowe) was an English architect and painter active in Felixstowe.
Family Thomas was born into the Cotman family of artists. His parents were Henry Edmund Cotman (1802–1871), formerly a Norwich silk merchant and his wife Maria Taylor (1813–1895). His elder brother was Henry Edmund Cotman (1844–1914) also born in London, but his younger brother, Frederick George Cotman was born in Ipswich whither the family had moved.
Architectural work Cotman was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and was responsible for a number of Arts and Crafts style buildings in Felixstowe.
Gallery Grade II listed Buildings
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English architect and painter
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Thomas Cotman was born in 1847 in Bermondsey.
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Thomas Cotman died on 30 October 1925 in Felixstowe.
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Thomas Cotman was a painter and architect.
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