Dr Jan D. Cox was awarded a PhD in History of Art from the University of Leeds in 2014, where he specialised in 19th century Nordic art. He shares his interests between this topic and British art of the early 20th century. In addition to teaching at ICE, Cambridge, Jan is a regular tutor for Oxford University weekly classes, lectures at arts organisations, including Dillington House, and tutors an online course on the Impressionists.
At Oxford Brookes University, Jan was awarded the Jeanne Sheehy Memorial Prize for work on Christopher Wood, an MA at Bristol followed, where his studies focused on John Minton, Keith Vaughan and British Neo-Romanticism. Subsequently, at the University of Plymouth, he placed online Wyndham Lewis's art criticism in 'The Listener' magazine (1946-51). Since 2010 he has concentrated on Nordic art and has lectured extensively throughout Britain, in addition to addressing conferences in Copenhagen, Montreal, Rome and Oslo.
When not taking alumni to Copenhagen to view Nordic art, Jan's teaching is based around the presentation of images on PowerPoint. He encourages class participation in discussion of the images and also utilises film to provide further stimulus and alternative points of view. History, literature and music is incorporated where appropriate and all provide a backdrop for the experience of sharing enthusiasm for inspirational pictures.
