- Allyn Cox
Allyn Cox (
June 5 ,1896 -September 26 ,1982 ) born inNew York City , painted many of the walls in theUnited States Capitol , including murals of scenes from US history.In 1953, he was hired to complete the frieze in the Capitol Rotunda, which had been originally started by
Constantino Brumidi and left unfinished since the 1880s. He painted murals on many of the other walls in the building, including a depiction of the first landing on the moon in the Senate’s Brumidi Corridors of the Capitol.He studied at the
National Academy of Design and theArt Students League of New York , and at theAmerican Academy in Rome .He apprenticed with his father, the well known American Painter
Kenyon Cox , whom he worked with when working on murals for theWisconsin State Capitol . [http://www.windsorlibrary.org/mural.htm]External links
* [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00007.htm Henry Clay by Allyn Cox]
* [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_35_00001.htm America's First Moon Landing, July 21, 1969, by Allyn Cox]Notes
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