{{Short description|Belgian painter (1891–1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
'''Jan Cockx''' (1891, Boechout – 26 August 1976) was a Belgian painter perhaps best known for landscapes, still life and harbor scenes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Cockx Jan |url=https://www.stapperloot.be/jan-cockx-1891-1976/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Stapperloot |language=nl}}</ref>
Working with exuberant colors and mostly large-scale canvases, Cockx often painted simple subjects in vibrant ways. He defined space with color and often flattened the perspective. Some of his paintings appear to be influenced by Post-Impressionist and Fauve artists including Matisse and Gauguin. The pure, strong colors and distortion of form evocative of Fauvism are seen in a number of Cockx's works.<ref name=":0" />
World War I interrupted his studies at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts and set back his fledgling art career. His first show, in Paris, was not until 1920, but was quickly followed by exhibitions in Antwerp (1922), Geneva (1923) and at museums in Maastricht and Lyon.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Negen Houtsneden by Jan Cockx - Graphic Arts |url=https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2010/03/negen_houtsneden_by_jan_cockx.html |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=www.princeton.edu}}</ref>
His artistic career included experimentation with ceramics, graphics and illustrations for Ça ira, an art magazine group.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jan Cockx 1891-1976 {{!}} Tweedehands |url=https://boekenbalie.nl/jan-cockx-1891-1976/374001166 |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Boekenbalie |language=nl-NL |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010184744/https://boekenbalie.nl/jan-cockx-1891-1976/374001166 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721094718/http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2010/03/houtsneden.html Negen Houtsneden by Jan Cockx] Exhibitions, acquisitions, and other highlights from the Graphic Arts Collection, Princeton University Library. * [http://www.boechout.be/nieuwsdetail/506/default.aspx?_vs=0_N,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&id=944 Hommage aan Jan Cockx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030058/http://www.boechout.be/nieuwsdetail/506/default.aspx?_vs=0_N,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&id=944 |date=4 March 2016 }} * [http://www.filmbankazura.be/collectie/resultaat/films/weergave/record/layout/default?id=78b37e75-8b19-8854-b6d6-79dc278d6f9e Boechout: Receptie met Jan Cockx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071428/http://www.filmbankazura.be/collectie/resultaat/films/weergave/record/layout/default?id=78b37e75-8b19-8854-b6d6-79dc278d6f9e |date=4 March 2016 }} Video: Art reception with Jan Cockx. * [https://archive.today/20130115044302/http://www.filmbankazura.be/collectie/resultaat/films/weergave/record/layout/default/sjabloon/component?id=7f35d31b-7749-73d3-99f3-4caa192889ba Boechout: Jan Cockx aan het werk in zijn atelier] Video: At work in his studio.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cockx, Jan}} Category:1891 births Category:1976 deaths Category:People from Boechout Category:Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni Category:20th-century Belgian painters