{"id":29,"date":"2019-09-17T16:18:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/cox\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2023-08-21T20:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T20:58:05","slug":"about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.truman.edu\/cox\/about-the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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“When I was very young, my parents brought me here and showed me an empty space in the frieze under the Rotunda dome. After that I used to dream and dream of painting it one day.” – Allyn Cox, quoted in\u00a0The Washington Post, 28 Sept 1982<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Allyn Cox (1896-1982), a native of New York City, was the son of artists Kenyon and Louise Howland King Cox. He began his art training under his father and later studied at the National Academy of Art, the Art Students League and at the American Academy in Rome. In 1953, he realized his childhood dream when he was commissioned to complete the Brumidi friezes.<\/p>

This was just the beginning of his work in the Capitol; he returned in 1969 to clean and restore one of the Brumidi murals and later painted the\u00a0Henry Clay<\/a>\u00a0portrait in the Senate Reception Room and the\u00a01969 moon landing<\/a>\u00a0in the Senate wing\u2019s Brumidi Corridor. Cox began working on the House wing murals in 1969, completing The Hall of Capitols in 1974 and the second phase, the Great Experiment Hall, in 1982. He retired in March 1982 at the age of 86 and died the following September.<\/p>

Some of Cox’s major projects include murals at the following institutions:<\/p>

Dumbarton Oaks<\/a>, Georgetown, Washington, DC
General U.S. Grant National Memorial<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cGrant\u2019s Tomb\u201d), New York City
Royal Arch Room<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Memorial Hall<\/a>
George Washington Masonic Memorial<\/a>, Washington, DC<\/p>

For more information about the US Capitol and its art, including the Allyn Cox murals: US Capitol Historical Society’s\u00a0History and Exhibits<\/a>\u00a0site<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sources<\/strong>
— The American Story in Art: The Murals of Allyn Cox in the U.S. Capitol. Washington, DC: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and United States Capitol Historical Society, 1986.
— Anderson, Ward. \u201cCapitol Muralist Steps Down from Lifelong Scaffold\u201d.\u00a0The Washington Post, 20 Mar 1982.
— The Capitol: A Pictorial History of the Capitol and of the Congress. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1981.
— Horan, James D. Mathew Brady: Historian with a Camera. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955.
— Smith, J.Y. \u201cAllyn Cox Dies; Works Included Capitol Murals\u201d.\u00a0The Washington Post, 28 Sept 1982.
— Websites included above<\/p>

Photo Credits<\/strong>
— Cartoon photo by Tim Barcus, Truman State University Campus Photographer
— Mural photo courtesy of US Capitol Architect & US Capitol Historical Society
— Conservation photos by Heugh-Edmondson<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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