Kenyon Cox
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox
Accession Number
1983.31.3
Tags
Coxpainterfull length
About this artwork
American artist Kenyon Cox (1856-1919) was a portrait painter, illustrator, and writer, best known for the murals he created for public buildings such as the Library of Congress. He was also close friends with William Coffin, and in the summer of 1885, Cox stayed at the artistâs family farm in western Pennsylvania. Coffin made this portrait of his guest smoking a pipe in the carpentry shop. A painterâs palette behind Coxâs head symbolizes their professional kinship. (Morgan, Kenyon Cox, 18...