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Kenyon Cox - Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, ‘Legislation’
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Kenyon Cox

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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Romance – nude study

Romance – nude study (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, ‘Justice’

Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, ‘Justice’ (ca. 1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, ‘The Sources of Wealth’

Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, ‘The Sources of Wealth’ (ca. 1903)

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

Nude study for figure of Botany (1896)

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

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

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Sketch

Sketch (1912)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
A Blonde

A Blonde (1891)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Untitled (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Untitled (Study of Standing Male Nude) (ca. 1874-1876)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Sculpture

Sculpture (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Bird Song

Bird Song (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
The sciences, study for peacock in tympanum

The sciences, study for peacock in tympanum (1896)

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

Clothed study for female figure of Architecture (1896)

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

Nude study for figure of Painting (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
A Lady In Black

A Lady In Black (1880)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
Study for statuette held by figure of Sculpture

Study for statuette held by figure of Sculpture (1896)

Kenyon Cox (American, 1856-1919)
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