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Portrait of Henry L. Fry, oil on canvas painting by Kenyon Cox, 1883, Cincinnati Art Museum Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the Met in New York, 1908. Kenyon Cox (October 27, 1856 – March 17, 1919) was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher.
Biography. 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.
American, 1856 - 1919. Biography. Works of Art. 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.
American artist Kenyon Cox (1856-1919) was a portrait painter, illustrator, and writer, best known for the murals he created for public buildings such as the Library of Congress.
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.
Artist: Kenyon Cox (American, Warren, Ohio 1856–1919 New York) Date: 1883. Culture: American. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 16 x 30 in. (40.6 x 76.2 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Leonard Opdycke, 1964. Accession Number: 64.221.
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.
