# Kenyon Cox

American, 1856–1919

Cox trained in Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Paris, where he studied with Carolus-Duran and Jean-Léon Gérôme, before settling in New York in 1883. He taught for years at the Art Students League and became a leading muralist of the American Renaissance, decorating the Library of Congress and state capitols with allegorical figures. A forceful critic, he defended the classical tradition against modernism, most notably after the 1913 Armory Show.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

5 works in the collection.

- [Tradition](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tradition-cma-98215), Kenyon Cox, 1916. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Christ](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-cma-101158), Kenyon Cox, 1905. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Study for mosaic in the Wisconsin State Capital "Government and Liberty"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-mosaic-in-the-wisconsin-state-capital-government-a-si-saam-1983-114-11), Kenyon Cox, ca. 1912. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-mosaic-wisconsin-state-capital-justice-si-saam-1983-114-2), Kenyon Cox, ca. 1912. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, "Institute of Justice"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cartoon-for-mural-of-minnesota-state-capital-institute-of-ju-si-saam-1983-114-23), Kenyon Cox, ca. 1904. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.