Garden Landscapes - Original Watercolors
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Walter I. Cox (1866-1930) |
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Three watercolors of formal gardens. In two, the solid dark green architectonic forms of two rows of hedges frame a light-filled vista and provide a backdrop for colorful summer flowers. The other garden scene shows a small pool and a neoclassical, amphitheater-shaped garden folly. The artist adopted a Post-Impressionist style notable for his skillful use of color to convey the effects of light on form and soft light of a hazy atmosphere. Walter I. Cox was born in Britain and trained in Paris with Laurens, Lefebvre and Benjamin-Constant. He later emigrated to the United States, living in San Francisco from 1904 to 1914, where he painted landscapes, many of which were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. By the 1920s, he had moved to New York where he became primarily a portraitist, painting notables of the day. He died in Alexandria, Virginia in 1930. His portrait subjects included President Warren G. Harding, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Taft, Lady Astor, and members of the British and European nobility. He is well known for his richly colored oil paintings of garden subjects. Cox also painted historical, genre and landscape pictures based on his international travels. Condition: Generally very good with the usual light toning, soiling, wear. Some margins irregular, likely as issued. Overall very bright and attractive. References: “Cox, Walter I.” AskArt.com. 2000-2005. http://www.askart.com/biography.asp?ID=60064 (2 September 2005). |