Cox, Louise H.K. (b. 1865)

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Cox, Louise H.K. (b. 1865)

American painter. Born in San Francisco, California, in 1865; studied at the New York Academy under Kenyon Cox; married Kenyon Cox, in 1892.

Though skilled at decorative work, Louise Howland King Cox was considered at her best in her naturalistic portraits of children. Cox was elected a member of the National Academy of Design, and in 1900 was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition.

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