# Drawings of David Cox

Author: Finberg, A. J. (Alexander Joseph), 1866-1939

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64316

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Drawings+of+David+Cox+Finberg&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The greatest artists have expressed themselves so completely in their works, that the story of their lives adds little or nothing to our knowledge of their personality. We know very little about the life of Turner--almost as little, indeed, as we know of Shakespeare’s--but in neither case do we seem to have missed anything that would add to our comprehension or enjoyment of their work. With Turner, as with Shakespeare, his art was the perfect organ of his spirit. His pictures enshrine more of the real personality of the artist than even a biographer of genius with unlimited opportunities could tell us. But though this is almost invariably true of the greatest artists, it is not true of al...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/drawings-of-david-cox-64316/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/drawings-of-david-cox-64316/chapters/2/index.md)