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Jacob Cox
The Artisan of Indianapolis Before he was a painter of landscapes and faces, Jacob Cox was a man of metal and fire. Arriving in Indianapolis in 1833, he sought his fortune not with a brush, but by establishing a business in stoves, tinware, and copper. His hands were accustomed to the heavy labor of a coppersmith, yet a different kind of talent began to surface through his craft. In 1840, he found an unexpected path toward the arts when
he was commissioned to paint a banner for the presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison. This moment marked a shift in his life, leading him away from the heat of the forge and toward the quiet study of light and form. By 1842, the pull of the studio became too strong to ignore. He traveled to Cincinnati to open a studio alongside John Dunn, a former treasurer of the State of Indiana. Though he eventually returned to his metalwo…