Background
Cox, Gardner was born on January 22, 1906 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Allen Howard and Katherine Gilbert (Abbot) Cox.
Cox, Gardner was born on January 22, 1906 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Allen Howard and Katherine Gilbert (Abbot) Cox.
Student, Art Students League, New York City, 1924; student, Harvard University, 1924-1927; student, Boston Museum School, 1928-1930; student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1929-1931; Doctor of Fine Arts(posthumously), Tufts U., 1988.
Head department painting Boston Museum Fine Arts School, 1954-1955. Artist-in-residence American Academy in Rome, 1961. Chairman Blanche Colman Award Jury, 1961-1984.
Executive committee Boston Arts Festival, 1959-1967. Member Massachusetts Fine Arts Commission, 1965-1988.
Trustee American Academy in Rome, 1962-1988, St. Gaudens Memorial, Cornish, New Hampshire, 1959-1988. Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1945. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, National Institute Arts and Letters, National Academy of Design (academician), Phi Beta Kappa (honorary) Clubs: Tavern (Boston), St. Botolph (Boston).
Century (New York City).
Married Phyllis Moyra Byrne, December 3, 1937. Children: Benjamin, Katherine Gilbert Abbot (deceased), James Byrne, Phyllis Byrne.