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A Lady in Black

1880
oil on canvas
20 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (52.7 x 32.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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This is a portrait of the wife of Kenyon Cox’s friend the painter Lowell Dyer. In 1880, Cox exhibited the painting in Philadelphia, and also entered it in a Paris show under the French title Dame en noir. This masterful portrait sketch focuses our eyes on Mrs. Dyer’s spirited expression and tilt of the head. Cox’s fast brushwork gives the...
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After Boltraffio, "Sacre Conversazione"

1878-1882
oil on canvas
12 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (32.1 x 32.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
d surrounded by saints. Boltraffio's version depicts the Virgin and child with John the Baptist, Saint Sebastian, and the patrons of the painting, Giacomo Marchione de Pandolfi da Casio and his son Girolamo Casio.
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After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

1878-1882
oil on canvas
9 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (23.6 x 28.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Kenyon Cox painted this small, sketchlike image while studying in Paris. Although Cox trained with well-known French artists, his works were largely influenced by Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art. After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit" is a copy of a painting in the Louvre by Italian Renaissance artist Titian (about 1490-1576). The triangular...
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens

1887, replica 1908
oil on canvas
33 1/2 x 47 1/8 in. (85.1 x 119.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Book of Pictures

1910-1917
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 36 in. (76.0 x 91.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
using such means to encourage lessons of good taste that would extend into all aspects of American life.
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Landscape

1883
oil on canvas
16 x 30 in. (40.6 x 76.2 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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Lengthening Shadows

1888
oil on canvas
15 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (38.7 x 76.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
d the long shadows suggest it was painted at dusk, just before the sun completely disappeared over the horizon.
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Louise Howland King (Mrs. Kenyon Cox)

1892
oil on canvas
38 3/4 x 18 in. (98.3 x 45.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Kenyon Cox gave this portrait as a wedding gift to his young bride and former student, Louise Howland King. His mother saw it before she met Louise, and later reported that she was relieved and surprised at how pretty her new daughter-in-law was. Cox responded to this backhanded compliment by telling his mother that most people thought the painting...
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Portrait of a Young Girl

ca. 1900
oil on canvas
35 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (90.8 x 55.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Further research might help to identify this young girl and Kenyon Cox’s reasons for painting her. Although the background is spare, Cox enlivened the portrait with the girl’s animated expression, which hints at a mischievous character.
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Portrait of Mr. Wiley

1894
oil on canvas
15 x 17 in. (38.1 x 43.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Further research might establish the relationship between Mr. Wiley and Kenyon Cox. In the year he painted this portrait, Cox was under contract with Bowdoin College to create mural decorations for the new Walker Art Center, designed by prominent architect Charles F. McKim. Wiley sits in a library, which suggests that he might have been a member of...
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