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Kenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was the designer of the League's logo, whose motto is Nulla Dies Sine Linea or No Day Without a Line.
Kenyon Cox was an American painter and critic, known for his murals and decorative work. Cox was a pupil of Carolus Duran and of J.L. Gérôme in Paris from 1877 to 1882, when he returned to New York City, subsequently teaching with much success in the Art Students’ League.
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Born in Ohio, studied in Paris, lived mostly in New York City. Painter who wrote extensively about art. His sensuous female nudes were beautifully rendered but were somewhat shocking to the public of his day; later he found wider acceptance as a creator of allegorical murals.
- October 28, 1856
- March 18, 1919
Biography. Born in Warren, Ohio, Kenyon Cox studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in Paris with the famed French artist, Gérôme, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1877 to 1882.
Learn about Kenyon Cox (1856-1919), an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He painted in the realistic manner and advocated careful drawing and modulated color, and he frequently used allegory and symbolism.
Learn about Kenyon Cox, a realistic and symbolic artist who taught at the Art Students League of New York. See his paintings, murals, posters, and sketches on Artvee.
A painting of American artist Kenyon Cox by his friend William A. Coffin, showing Cox smoking a pipe in a carpentry shop. The portrait is part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection and was made in 1885.
