Lillian Cotton (1901–1962) was an American artist who lived between Paris and New York City.
Lillian Cotton studied at the André Lhote Academy in Paris and later at the Art Students League in New York with Robert Henri.[1] Cotton lived most of her life between Paris and New York in the 1920s. She was particularly active in the 1930s and 40’s, but her most prized works are considered from the 1920s. Cotton exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Paris Salon. She was also a member of the New York Society of Women Artists and the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, maintaining a lifelong connection to both her American and French artistic “roots.”
Cotton’s paintings are characterized by realistic forms, clear colors, and bold brushwork. Although she primarily painted human figures, her style was well suited to landscape.
Lillian Cotton pieces are represented in the permanent collections of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of Florida State College and Seaton Hall University. The painter occasionally signed her works LC Impey. She is listed in Who Was Who in American Art (Falk, 1999) and the Dictionary of Women Artists (Petteys, 1985).