Louise Cox (painter)
| Louise Cox | |
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Cox circa 1890. Photo by Rockwood.
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| Born |
Louise Howland King June 23, 1865 San Francisco, California |
| Died | December 11, 1945 (aged 80) Windham, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Kenyon Cox (1892–1919, his death) |
Louise Howland King Cox (June 23, 1865—1945) was an American painter known for her portraits of children. She won a number of prizes throughout her career, notably a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition of 1900 and a silver medal at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
Louise Howland King was born in San Francisco, California on June 23, 1865 to Anna Stott and James King. Her family moved to New York when she was a child, by 1870 when she lived with her mother Anna, father and lawyer James C. King, and sisters Coursen and Mary in Manhattan. In 1872, Anna King had sued her husband for divorce, citing cruel and inhumane treatment. James C. King was convicted for a murder related to that suit in November 1872. In 1880, when she was 14, Louise attended small school of Lucy McGuire in Dover, New Jersey with her older sister Coursen (16) and younger sister Mary (13). When she first attended art school she lived with her mother and sister Pauline.
On June 30, 1892 she wed her former teacher Kenyon Cox in Belmont, Massachusetts at the home of her aunt, Mrs. B.M. Jones. Kenyon, who had thought he might be a lifelong bachelor, realized that he was in love with Louise, but he did not express his feelings for some time. They wrote long letters to each other during the period that she was a teacher in Toledo, Ohio. In a letter that he wrote to her in 1887, he commended her artistic talent and expressed his believe that she would have a successful career and said:
I am glad to find that you count enough upon my interest in your work and progress to let me know where you are and what you are doing. You are quite right to count upon it... If I can ever be of use to you in recommending you as a teacher or in any other way, do not fail to command me. Above all, my criticism or advice, such as it is, you will always have.
That same year he declared her to be his best student. In January 1892, after she had returned to New York, the couple became engaged and both became like "moonstruck youngsters". They both exhibited their works at the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists. In April 1893, Louise suffered a miscarriage and the couple sailed for Europe about the SS Maasdam weeks before their first anniversary. The trip, partly for her emotional recuperation, included travel to Paris, Italy, and the Netherlands.
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