Louise Howland King Cox (June 23, 1865—1945) was an American painter known for her portraits of children.
[12] Kenyon, who had thought he might be a lifelong bachelor, realized that he was in love with Louise, but he did not express his feelings for some time.
[13] In a letter that he wrote to her in 1887, he commended her artistic talent and expressed his belief that she would have a successful career and said: I am glad to find that you count enough upon my interest in your work and progress to let me know where you are and what you are doing.
In April 1893, Louise suffered a miscarriage and the couple sailed for Europe about the SS Maasdam weeks before their first anniversary.
The trip, partly for her emotional recuperation, included travel to Paris, Italy, and the Netherlands.
Son Allyn, born two years later, became an artist, particularly noted for his mural paintings, and an interior decorator.
She was cremated, as was her husband Kenyon, and their ashes were scattered together at Cornish, New Hampshire where they spent their summers.
[3] With financial help from an aunt in Boston,[9] Louise Cox attended the National Academy of Design in New York City, and is quoted as saying, "Although I was born in 1865 in San Francisco, it was not until sixteen years later that I started to live, for in 1881 I entered the National Academy of Design.
[20] She left after two years to enroll with the Art Students League,[21] partially supported by a friend of her mother,[9] and studied under Thomas Dewing.
Having a solid reputation at the League, Kenyon Cox was selected as the 1885 instructor for the women's life class.
[20] Her other instructors included J. Alden Weir, George de Forest Brush, and Charles Yardley Turner.
[27] She was considered among the "outstanding stained-glass artists," such as Wright Goodhue, David Maitland Armstrong and William Willet.