Reginald Thomas Cotterill ARCA
Born 1885
Died 1966
Active: 1911 - 1932
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter, teacher, modeller
Born in Hanley, Staffordshire into a pottery family. He studied at the art school in Hanley and then at the Royal College of Art. In 1919 Cotterill established the sculpture course at Leeds College of Art. He taught all aspects of sculpture, including three sessions on Wednesdays (morning, afternoon and evening) in modelling from life. Cotterill left Leeds in 1927 and became head of York School of Arts and Crafts. He lived in York until his death.
Works
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Portrait Head of Walter Mason, Esq.
Portrait Bust of a Girl
1925 (Presumed) - February 1925
Ruben Camrass, Esq.
1925 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition, 1928
'The Bird Charmer'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition, 1930
'Statuette'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition, 1932
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds College of Art, 1846-1946 Centenary Exhibition, City Art Gallery, 1946
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Head of department at Leeds College of Art
1919 - 1927
Head of Sculpture and Modelling Department, lecturer on 'Modelling for Schools' in the Department for Training Art Teachers and lecturer in 'Drawing and Modelling for Bakery Students' in the Craft Department
Personal and Professional Connections
Teacher to (Jocelyn) Barbara Hepworth
Teacher to Henry Spencer Moore
1919 - 1921
According to a questionnaire completed by Henry Moore in the 1940s (Tate Archive)
Wife/husband/spouse of Ethel Cotterill
Sources
Behind the Mosaic: one hundred years of art education
2003
pp. 47-9
Catalogue of the Leeds College of Art 1846-1946 Centenary Exhibition, 1946
November 1946
Cat. Nos. 45, 46, p. 9
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Art Exhibition, 1925
1925
Cat. no. 147
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition 1928
1928
Cat. Nos. 188, 195, p. 9
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition 1930
1930
Cat. No. 295, p. 12
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition 1932
1932
Cat. No. 251, p. 11
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN16473 RG78PN1020 RD360 SD2 ED17 SN276
Leeds College of Art, Prospectus, 1927-8
August 1927
pp. 3, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23
Leeds School of Art, Prospectus, 1923-4
August 1923
pp. 3, 10, 13, 16
Leeds School of Art, Prospectus, 1924-5
August 1924
pp. 3, 10, 14, 16
Leeds School of Art, Prospectus, 1925-6
August 1925
pp. 3, 10, 13, 15, 16
Leeds School of Art, Prospectus, 1926-7
August 1926
pp. 3, 10, 13, 16, 17
Citing this record
'Reginald Thomas Cotterill ARCA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1203524682, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
