page_title: Kenyon Cox
section_title: Murals
hierarchical_section_title: Kenyon Cox / Biography / Murals
caption_attribution_description: English: Liberty mural design by Kenyon Cox, Wisconsin State Capitol dome interior
context_page_description: Kenyon Cox was an American painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher. Cox was an influential and important early instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He was the designer of the League's logo, whose motto is Nulla Dies Sine Linea or No Day Without a Line.
context_section_description: Kenyon Cox began to focus more on mural painting after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Cox painted murals in the state capitol buildings of Des Moines, St. Paul and Madison as well as other courthouses, libraries and college buildings. In 1896-97 Cox painted murals in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Cox also made numerous mosaics for places like the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
  In 1910 Kenyon Cox was awarded the Medal of Honor for mural painting by the Architectural League. He also served as president of the National Society of Mural Painters from 1915 to 1919.
caption: Liberty mural design by Kenyon Cox, Wisconsin State Capitol dome interior
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