Artists in the Spotlight: David Cox

The 18th century was the golden age of English watercolor painters. In the series of big names, such as Turner and Francis Towne, the born in Birmingham David Cox fits one. Born the son of a blacksmith, he financed his study of watercolor painting by painting scenes. Cox learned the flowing painting with water colors and used the transparent painting technique to depict the changing light of English landscapes. David was an artist and scholar. He passed on his knowledge in books and art students. David Cox was a typical representative of the Romantic era, paved the way to Impressionism with his landscape painting at the same time. The watercolor "Beach Scene in the Sunrise" shows the landscape in the rose-colored light of the rising sun. The subjective impression of the artist speaks more intensely from the landscapes. By contrast, his works of interior space, such as the cycle of the Long Gallery in Derbyshire, are intense in color, realistic and always with the lifelike play of light and shadow in space. In the second half of his life, David Cox devoted himself to traveling and exploring Europe. Similar to Turner, he made sketches of his impressions and later brought the landscapes to paper. At the age of seventy, Cox turned to oil painting. Perhaps it was due to shaky hands that the artist changed his painting medium. "A windy day on the beach" is one of the remarkable paintings of the last creative period.

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