Tutor information
Jan Cox
Dr. Jan Cox has been awarded a BA (Hons) by Oxford Brookes University, an MA from Bristol, and a PhD from the University of Leeds (Nordic Art). He specialises in nineteenth-century European art and British art of the early twentieth-century.
Courses
Examine the major concerns of artists such as Cézanne, Monet, Manet and Degas and their intimate interaction with modern life.
Camille Pissarro, Gustave Caillebotte and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were all outsiders in 19th century France. Each left us with a unique body of exceptional Impressionist artworks, some of which are held in Oxford’s own Ashmolean Museum.
Explore three of the giants of American art in the early twentieth century – Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe and George Bellows.
Explore the numerous origins of Impressionism. From Ingres and Delacroix to the Barbizon school of Millet and Courbet; from Monet's friendships with Daubigny and Bazille to Constable, Turner and the Impressionists in Britain.
Scotland was home to artists who looked to France for inspiration. Discover the 'Glasgow Boys' and 'Girls' who painted Naturalist depictions of country life and the Scottish Colourists who rejoiced in vibrant colour.