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The Life and Work of David Cox

Literature & Arts
4.8 out of 5 Average rating

Being able to pick and choose activities and either attend at the specified time or watch a recording later suits me perfectly.

Susan
, reviewed on 10 Oct 2022

Entertaining and instructive presentations by knowledgeable speakers.

Margaret
, reviewed on 18 Nov 2022
  • DURATION 1 hr
  • HOW TO ATTEND Attendance is live via Zoom
4.8 out of 5 Average rating

Being able to pick and choose activities and either attend at the specified time or watch a recording later suits me perfectly.

Susan
, reviewed on 10 Oct 2022

Entertaining and instructive presentations by knowledgeable speakers.

Margaret
, reviewed on 18 Nov 2022

Event Description

This talk is an exploration of the life and work of one of the greatest English landscape painters of the 19th Century and a central figure in British Romanticism. David Cox (1783-1859) was an important member of the Birmingham School of artists and regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism. He has taught painting by John Varley of the Norwich School and has always been considered to be one of the greatest exponents of English watercolour, However, in the last twenty years of his life, he also painted many important works in oils. Cox is best known for his vigorous painting technique which resulted in fresh and lively landscape paintings. Some of his most evocative works developed from his many sketching tours to the Welsh mountains and his watercolour paintings of the North Wales landscape remain as some of his finest achievements.

  • Duration: 1 hr
  • Online Zoom event: Join from your computer, phone or tablet (no replay available)
Mark Lewis

Meet the Host, Mark

Mark is a freelance artist, designer-silversmith and semi-retired university lecturer. Until the summer of 2009, he was a Principal Lecturer in the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design at London Met University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Horners. Mark has a particular interest in unusual local customs and rituals and in 2013 he published a book on the folklore and popular customs of the church.

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