David Cox
(1783–1859) English landscape painter, 1783-1859
David Cox (United Kingdom, 1783–1859) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a printmaker. By year of birth, David Cox belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
David Cox was born in Birmingham and died in Birmingham. David Cox worked in London, Belgium, Ghent, and Antwerp. The students included Joseph Murray Ince.
One of the best-known works is ‘Windmill. Verso: Foliage (?)’. The catalogue has 170 works by David Cox with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1900. Works by David Cox are held by several collections, among them Yale Center for British Art, Birmingham Museums Trust, Manchester Art Gallery, and Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include John Constable, John Varley, John Sell Cotman, Henriette Gertruide Knip, and Johan Niclas Byström.