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David Cox

1783 - 1859

David Cox
det 19. århundrede
det 19. århundrede

David Cox

Born 1783 Died 1859

Early Life and Artistic Beginnings David Cox, en mand hvis navn i dag ofte forbinder sig med den romantiske engelske landskabsmaleri, blev født den 29. april 1783 i Deritend, et område tæt på Birmingham. Hans far, Joseph Cox, var en dygtig smed og whitesmith – en håndværker der leverede komponenter til det travle våbenindustri i Birmingham. Modsat sin fars praktiske erhverv havde Davids mor, hvis navn var Frances Walford, en mere omfattende uddannelse og et stærkt karakter. Hun kom fra en landbrugsbaggrund, hvilket gav hende en forståelse for naturen, der senere ville spille en afgørende rol…

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of David Cox's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

Focus a Subject
Trace a Context

Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.