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Dutch artist Peter Johannes Antonius Cox (1912—1985)
This website is dedicated to the Dutch painter Peter Cox, particularly famous for his landscapes. Read about his life below. View a small part of his extensive ouvre in the gallery.
Born in Mook (Limburg, the Netherlands) on December 5, 1912 Passed away in Leiden, the Netherlands, on June 26, 1985
Education “Pensionaat Rolduc”, artschool at Kerkrade (Limburg, the Netherlands) 1926 - 1932 “Kunst Techniek en Ambacht” artschool at Den Bosch, the Netherlands 1932 - 1935
Professions 1935—1936 Marketing dept. at Philips consumer electronics, located in the city of Eindhoven 1936 > Painter
Is considered to be part of the “Plasmolen” circle of Dutch painters working around Mook in Limburg. Also his father Gerard sr. as well as his brothers Gerard jr. and Huub are considered to have been part of this circle. From 1968 to1977, the artist participated in a governmental sposored art programme referred to as the “contraprestatie regeling” (basically, financial support was rendered by the competent Dutch ministry to participating artists, in exchange for quality works of art), and delivered in this context 179 works of art.
Techniques applied Pastels, pen drawings, lithographs, aquarel, gouaches and oil painting. Compositions mainly are landscapes, the quality of which insiders believe not to have been surpassed to date. His paintings of dunes, as well as his studies of trees, with a sometimes surrealistic approach, are particularly famous.
Spouses and descendants · 1st marriage 1932 - 1936 with Maria Jacoba Broesthuizen => daughter Ardi, born in 1932 and son Rob, born March 13, 1936 · 2nd marriage 1937 - 1946 with Anna de Hollander => son Peter, born February 3, 1944 · 3rd marriage 1950 - 1986 with Nollie Bevelander
Dwellings · 1912 - 1926 Mook · 1926 - 1932 Kerkrade · 1932 - 1935 Mook (Plasmolen) · 1935 - 1936 Eindhoven · 1936 - 1940 The Hague · 1940 - 1945 Mook (during world war II) · 1945 - 1949 The Hague · 1949 - 1952 Wassenaar (adjacent to The Hague) · 1952 - 1959 Panbos – farm (destroyed by fire in 1959, and never rebuilt) · 1952 - 1985 Katwijk · 1959 - 1974 appartment in Molenblok (Crocusstraat 6) · 1974 - 1985 Gallery “De luwte” (Louwestraat 7)
From 1960 to1974, the majority of the winter time was spent in the south of France at a cottage in the French “Provence” region, in a small village called Mison, situated near the village of Sisteron. From 1974 to1984, most winters were spent in a trailer near Alla Romana.
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