biografia di John Stevens COGDELL (1778-1847)
Birth place: South Carolina
Death place: Charleston, SC
Addresses: Charleston, SC
Profession: Amateur sculptor and painter
Exhibited: NAD; PAFA; Artists' Fund Society; Boston Athenaeum; American Academy.
Member: NAD (Honorary Member)
Comments: A lawyer by profession, Cogdell took up painting after a visit to Italy in 1800. About 1825 he began modelling in clay and he later worked in plaster and marble. In his later years Cogdell held a number of public offices in Charleston (S.C.) and served as a bank president.
Sources: G&W; DAB; Rutledge, Cogdell and Mills, Charleston Sculptors," with check list of his work; Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston; Cowdrey, NAD; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Rutledge, PA; Swan, BA."