Artist

Louise Cox

American, 1865 - 1945
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. LC-B2- 1063-11P&P
Also known as
  • Louise Howland Cox
  • Louise King
  • Louise Howland King Cox
  • Mrs. Louise Cox
Born
San Francisco, California, United States
Died
Windham, Connecticut, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
  • Mount Kisco, New York, United States
  • Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Biography

Born in San Francisco, lived in New York City. Painter who specialized in children's portraits, won several prizes.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Works by this artist (10 items)

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Louise Cox, Portrait of Leonard Cox, 1895, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox, 1983.31.22
Portrait of Leonard Cox
Artist
Date1895
oil on canvas
On view
Louise Cox, May Flowers, 1911, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1911.6.1
May Flowers
Artist
Date1911
oil on canvas
On view
Louise Cox, Untitled (Seated Draped Female Allegorical Figure), ca. 1903, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox, 1983.31.13
Untitled (Seated Draped Female Allegorical Figure)
Artist
Dateca. 1903
pencil on paper
Not on view
Louise Cox, Untitled (Child with Sun Dial), ca. 1903, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox, 1983.31.15
Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)
Artist
Dateca. 1903
pencil on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

An artwork image of a woman
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano 
October 8, 2021–May 8, 2022
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This exhibition brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the nineteenth century on the famed island of Murano and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for artists such as John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.