
David Cox, RWS
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Biography
One of the greatest landscape painters of the early 19th century Cox joined the Society of Painters in Water Colour in 1812. He moved from his native Birmingham to London in 1804 where he worked as a drawing master. He moved to Hereford and made regular tours of the Wye Valley and Wales.
He visited the Low Countries in 1826, Paris in 1829 and France in 1832. He lived in London from 1826-1841 and continued to travel in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Wales, Lancashire and Kent. From 1841 he lived in Birmingham until his death making regular tours of North Wales.His work developed throughout his life and falls into 3 major stylistic periods.
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