Kenyon C Cox ART FOR SALE

1856 Warren, Ohio - 1919 New York City. Known for: Easel and mural painting, illustration, teaching.

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Born in Warren, Ohio in 1856, Kenyon Cox was considered one of the finest draftsmen of his day. He did easel paintings, portraits, and illustrations for books and magazines, but it was for mural paintings that he became best known. The murals, classically inspired, simple in composition and muted in color, were commissioned for public and collegiate buildings in many parts of the country. His mural installations, many of them done in his studio in Cornish, New Hampshire, include venues at the Library of Congress, the Appellate Court House in New York City, and the Essex County Court House in Newark, New Jersey for which he used actress Ethel Barrymore as a model. Cox, a proponent of Classical Realism*, is also remembered for his scathing... Read full biography

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May

Type:Painting

Year:1890

Size:15.50" x 30.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Signed and Dated

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This work won a Bronze Medal in the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Provenance includes the collection of William T. Evans. "May" also appears in our most recent catalog of American paintings.

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