Raymond Coxon
| Raymond Coxon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 August 1896 Hanley, Staffordshire |
| Died | 31 January 1997 (aged 100) Rowfant, West Sussex |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | |
| Known for | Painting, murals |
| Spouse(s) | Edna Ginesi |
Raymond James Coxon (18 August 1896 – 31 January 1997) was a British artist. He enrolled at the Leeds School of Art, the Royal College of Art, and became a teacher in the Richmond School of Art. The creative work of his long and successful career—singly and in various art groups—included landscape and portrait painting, abstract works, creating church murals and serving as a war artist during World War II. In particular he was known for the bold style of his figure and portrait work. After World War Two his paintings became more abstract.
Coxon was born in Hanley, Staffordshire, the second of seven children to James and Georgina Coxon. When he completed his schooling, at the local Leek High School, Coxon joined the British Army. He applied to join the Artists Rifles but was rejected and joined the cavalry section of the Machine Gun Corps with whom he served, and fought, in Egypt and Palestine throughout World War One. While abroad he painted miniatures in watercolours which he sent home to his family.
After he was discharged from the Army, Coxon enrolled at the Leeds School of Art, now the Leeds College of Art. While he was there, between 1919 and 1921, he not only met his future wife but also became friends with a fellow student, Henry Moore. In 1922 Moore and Coxon visited France and met a number of artists there, including Pierre Bonnard and Aristide Maillol. Coxon continued his studies in London at the Royal College of Art under Sir William Rothenstein and for his RCA Diploma submission he produced a mural based on Masaccio's Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Coxon took a teaching post at the Richmond School of Art in 1925 and in 1926 he married Edna Ginesi, with Moore acting as his best-man. Coxon would later perform the same service for Moore when he married Irina Radetsky in July 1929. In 1927 the Coxons, Moore, Leon Underwood and others formed a short-lived artists grouping called the British Independent Society. The following year Coxon had his first one-man show at the Cooling Galleries. He became a member of the London Group in 1931 and of the Chiswick Group in 1938.
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