biografía de Jacob COX (1810-1892)

Lugar de nacimiento: Philadelphia

Lugar de defunción: Indianapolis, IN

Direcciones: Western Pennsylvania, before 1833; Indianapolis, from 1833

Profesión: Portrait, landscape, and still life painter

Exposiciones: Western Art Union, Cincinnati and Indianapolis (he was a frequent exhibitor, showing his landscapes and fruit pieces)

Obra: Indiana Historical Bureau, Indianapolis

Comentarios: Began as a tinsmith but took up portrait painting about 1835, and except for a few professional visits to Cincinnati (1842-43) and NYC he spent the rest of his life in Indianapolis. He became that city's first important professional artist. In 1853-54 he collaborated with Henry Waugh (see entry) on a temperance panorama but he was also known for his landscapes and fruit still lifes. Cox had a long career and was a significant teacher with many pupils, including Joseph O. Eaton, John Henry Niemeyer, Lew Wallace and James F. Harris.

Fuentes: G&W; Burnet, Art and Artists of Indiana, 78-112, repros.; Peat, Pioneer Painters of Indiana; Indiana BD 1858; Indianapolis BD 1857, 1859-60. More recently, see Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 2: 256, 258, 259 (with repro.); Peggy and Harold Samuels, 111.