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Colin Campbell Cooper
1856-1937
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Campbell Cooper Galleries
Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dr. Colin Campbell Cooper and Emily William Cooper. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins, and at Acad??mie Julian in Paris.
Back in Philadelphia, he taught watercolor classes at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University). In 1897 he married renowned artist Emma Lampert, and the next year they moved to New York City, where he began work on his famous skyscraper paintings.
He travelled extensively, sketching and painting scenes of Europe, Asia, and the United States in watercolors and oils. He and his wife were on the RMS Carpathia and assisted in the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic. Several of his paintings document the rescue.
In 1912, Cooper was elected to a prestigious membership in the National Academy of Design.
Cooper exhibited in San Francisco's Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, winning the Gold Medal for oil and the Silver Medal for watercolor. He also participated in the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.
In 1920 his wife Emma died. He moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1921 and became dean of the School of Painting at the Santa Barbara Community School of Arts. He married his second wife, Marie Frehsee, in 1927.
Cooper died in Santa Barbara in 1937.
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Summer, Colin Campbell Cooper
Summer, Colin Campbell Cooper, oil on canvas, 50 x 60.25 in
Date 1918(1918)
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Painting ID:: 84312
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Summer,_Colin_Campbell_Cooper
Summer, Colin Campbell Cooper, oil on canvas, 50 x 60.25 in
Date 1918(1918)
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Summer
oil on canvas, 50 x 60.25 in
Date 1918(1918)
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Painting ID:: 88206
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Summer
oil on canvas, 50 x 60.25 in
Date 1918(1918)
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Stairway of Francis I at Blois
oil on canvas, 32.25 x 24 in, Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, New York)
Date 1900(1900)
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Painting ID:: 88914
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Stairway_of_Francis_I_at_Blois
oil on canvas, 32.25 x 24 in, Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, New York)
Date 1900(1900)
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Fortune Teller
oil on canvas, 46 x 36.25 in
Date 1921(1921)
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Painting ID:: 89171
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Fortune_Teller
oil on canvas, 46 x 36.25 in
Date 1921(1921)
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Chambers Street and the Municipal Building, N.Y.C.
oil on panel, 30 x 24 in, New York Historical Society
Date 1922(1922)
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Painting ID:: 89172
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Chambers_Street_and_the_Municipal_Building,_N.Y.C.
oil on panel, 30 x 24 in, New York Historical Society
Date 1922(1922)
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Colin_Campbell_Cooper
1856-1937
Colin
Campbell Cooper Galleries
Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dr. Colin Campbell Cooper and Emily William Cooper. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins, and at Acad??mie Julian in Paris.
Back in Philadelphia, he taught watercolor classes at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University). In 1897 he married renowned artist Emma Lampert, and the next year they moved to New York City, where he began work on his famous skyscraper paintings.
He travelled extensively, sketching and painting scenes of Europe, Asia, and the United States in watercolors and oils. He and his wife were on the RMS Carpathia and assisted in the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic. Several of his paintings document the rescue.
In 1912, Cooper was elected to a prestigious membership in the National Academy of Design.
Cooper exhibited in San Francisco's Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, winning the Gold Medal for oil and the Silver Medal for watercolor. He also participated in the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego.
In 1920 his wife Emma died. He moved to Santa Barbara, California in 1921 and became dean of the School of Painting at the Santa Barbara Community School of Arts. He married his second wife, Marie Frehsee, in 1927.
Cooper died in Santa Barbara in 1937.
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