Allyn Cox was an American artist known for his murals, including those on display in the United States Capitol, the U.S. Department of State, and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial.
Cox in 1981
Mural in the George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Section of the Mural depicting the release of Tennessee to form a Grand Lodge in 1813
Cox at work on one of his many murals at the United States Capitol
Kenyon Cox was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was the designer of the
Allyn Cox
…those on display in the United States Capitol, the U.S. Department of State, and the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. Cox was a son of Kenyon Cox and his wife, the former Louise Howland King, both of whom were artists. His siblings were Leonard and Caroline. He studied at the National Academy of…
Kenyon Cox, Portrait of Henry L. Fry, 1883, oil on canvas, Cincinnati Art Museum
Kenyon Cox, Portrait of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1908, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Nude study in graphite; preparatory drawing for the allegorical figure of Romance in The Arts mural at the Library of Congress Jefferson Building. Drawing created 1896, digitally restored.