Lillian Cotton Impey (1892–1962) was an American painter.

Early life and education

Lillian Cotton was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1892. She received training in both the United States and Europe studying at the Boston Art Museum School. From 1915, she studied at the

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under Robert Henri for two years, then studied under

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in Paris.

Career

Cotton held her first exhibition in 1918 with the Society of Independent Artists. Over the next forty years she held various exhibitions across Paris and the United States, with the majority occurring in New York City.

Group memberships

Cotton was a member of several groups and galleries, including the National Association of Women Artists,

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, Allied Artists, Audubon Artists,

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, and the Knickerbocker Artists.

Personal life

In 1926, Cotton married Arthur E. Impey in France. He served as an officer in the British Army. During the 1940s, the couple owned a cottage on

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. She died in New York City in 1962. The Schlesinger Library at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute holds various materials related to Cotton's personal life and career, including artwork, scrapbooks and family photographs.

Exhibitions

The following is a list of exhibitions by, or featuring works by, Cotton:

References

1892 births 1962 deaths American portrait painters Students of Robert Henri 20th-century American painters Art Students League of New York alumni {{US-painter-1890s-stub