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Kenyon Cox
Kenyon Cox

Kenyon Cox

American, 1856-1919
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Kenyon Cox 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.

He was born in Warren, Ohio, the son of Jacob Dolson Cox and Helen Finney Cox. As a young adult, Cox studied art at Cincinnati's Art Academy of Cincinnati (formerly known as the McMicken School of Art), but soon became aware of the lack of opportunity and artistic presence in Cincinnati. After visiting the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Kenyon decided that Philadelphia and the art academy there had much more to offer him than Cincinnati did. Kenyon enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts hoping to receive better instruction and eventually secure for himself a way to study in Europe.

Cox's art was very different from the cubist, neo-impressionist, fauvist, expressionist and modernist styles that emerged during his lifetime. He advocated careful drawing and modulated color, and he frequently used allegory and symbolism to present his ideas. Kenyon Cox painted in the realistic manner and earned a reputation for landscapes, portraits and genre studies. His idealized nudes and traditional treatment of classical themes had little in common with the popular avant-garde art of the day.

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Reclining Female Nude Study for ‘Painting’

Reclining Female Nude Study for ‘Painting’

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Seated Male Nude – Study for ‘Science’ – Iowa State Capitol

Seated Male Nude – Study for ‘Science’ – Iowa State Capitol (1905)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, ‘Institute of Justice’

Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, ‘Institute of Justice’ (ca 1904)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Allegorical Female Figures

Allegorical Female Figures (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Design for United States Currency

Design for United States Currency (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Mercury

Mercury (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch

Sketch (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch

Sketch (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 2

Sketch 2 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 3

Sketch 3 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 4

Sketch 4 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 5

Sketch 5 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 6

Sketch 6 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Sketch 7

Sketch 7 (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Architecture

Architecture (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Astronomy

Astronomy (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Astronomy

Astronomy (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Clothed study for female figure of Architecture

Clothed study for female figure of Architecture (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Detail

Detail (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Astronomy

Drapery study for figure of Astronomy (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Botany

Drapery study for figure of Botany (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Mathematics

Drapery study for figure of Mathematics (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Music

Drapery study for figure of Music (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Painting

Drapery study for figure of Painting (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Physics

Drapery study for figure of Physics (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Drapery study for figure of Sculpture

Drapery study for figure of Sculpture (ca. 1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Genius with telescope

Genius with telescope (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Nude study for figure of Architecture

Nude study for figure of Architecture (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Nude study for figure of Botany

Nude study for figure of Botany (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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Nude study for figure of Music

Nude study for figure of Music (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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