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David Cox

1783 - 1859

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David Cox (29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859) was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of Impressionism. He is considered one of the greatest English landscape painters, and a major figure of the Golden age of English watercolour. Although most popularly known for his works in watercolour, he also painted over 300 works in oil towards the end of his career, now considered "one of the greatest, but least recognised, achievements of any British painter." His son, known as David Cox the Younger (1809–1885), was also a successful artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Cox has received more than 29,564 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Cox is the 1,876th most popular painter (down from 1,676th in 2019), the 4,313th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,866th in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, David Cox ranks 1,876 out of 2,023. Before him are Arthur Dove, Allen Jones, Vladimír Vašíček, Christen Dalsgaard, Karl Schorn, and Ben Nicholson. After him are Koloman Sokol, Maxfield Parrish, Maurice Prendergast, Morten Müller, Paul Sandby, and James Collinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, David Cox ranks 42. Before him are José de la Riva Agüero, Hannah Van Buren, Giovanni Berchet, Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, and Pedro Gual Escandón. After him are Thomas Sully, Gabriele Rossetti, John Claudius Loudon, Thomas Bibb, and Jane Taylor. Among people deceased in 1859, David Cox ranks 56. Before him are Mirabeau B. Lamar, Prince William of Baden, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Heinrich Zollinger, Eliza Acton, and Juan Bautista Ceballos. After him are Thomas Nuttall, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Bakht Khan, Leigh Hunt, Mountstuart Elphinstone, and Richard Rush.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Cox ranks 4,313 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Aherne (1902), Barbara Thompson (1944), John Ireland (1879), Mark Haddon (1962), Leslie Orgel (1927), and Jon Amiel (1948). After him are Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Orlando Figes (1959), and Henry Bird (1830).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, David Cox ranks 98. Before him are Thomas Phillips (1770), George Clausen (1852), Samuel Palmer (1805), William Dobson (1610), Allen Jones (1937), and Ben Nicholson (1894). After him are Paul Sandby (1725), James Collinson (1825), Randolph Caldecott (1846), Thomas Sully (1783), L. S. Lowry (1887), and Barbara Bodichon (1827).

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