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C ot",an said, ' I nner Im"w the ti",e C ot"'an's b.sic technique _ including

when I "'"1$ not fo.,d of dr .... ing,. nd I",inting outdco:l1'S with 3 limited p.lcrtc -""1$

ha,'e heard my mot h ..... $:I)' I drc""long he~,rc I Icam<,1 in his tttnsat the open studioofGirtin,

<:(.,Id s peal,' These ... o nls c"nfinn ... hat we who" e brief <'arcer IHu~'undl)' inAuenttd all

know of CA'bnan: the 1 "'I...Jar ",ach ..... "-~ up a IIriti4 ""lI:n"~ourists. Cotm. n showed a ,'ery

<:ircula ting lib", 'y of ""cr 1000 im3gt:s fo< p<t'Cis<: c"ntml in the w"y he 'hdl (.,t· his white

"udents t" p<acbS<: &(.'". nd h .. ",lent ~Jt line a, cas, , ath ..... than ",·"hing c"lour 0, ' ..... all and

illu"ration extended to fine printmaking, scraping 0 ' 'I_Jnging b.ck to the ... hite 1"'1'''' at

cal<'fing to the tasll: fo, European culturc a hte, , .. ge. Ilis choitt uf particular

3"luircd hythe.;" who h.d ma,k: thl: Gr.nd 'lour. ,;ewl. ,i ,"s, high 3nd low, ga,..: «"1''' for his uS<:

II"' ... ~· ..... , C ot man is hI:" Imo ... n a, 0.,,, of of ah'If"'" p"'<'fning in a, C3' of sh:t,k: and

the essentially English, No, wich School of rcAc",im. T his, and his cha .... "'eri"ic h""d

land"'JI'" I",inl<'f$, which he and 'Old ' John " .. 4es, ... e re cump""'] at the tim" to the

Cn"n" I",] fnlln 1803. Ther dr ... w in'pi ... t;o., '-"nerging worl$ of Chi ... and Jap.n and ,]uite

fmm D utch p.intings of fbt land a nd hig slies, "ar dingly pn:figure the mo,lcmi"s.