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Gerald A COOPER, NS
British, 1898-1975
Shire Horses (Mid-20thC)
Oil on canvas
Image Size: 51 x 76 cm (20 x 30 in)
Framed Size: At client's choice unless re-framed in
meantime
Currently available and priced at £8,000
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Gerald A COOPER, NS
British, 1898-1975
Part of a brilliant group at the
Royal College of Art, who subsequently had a long
and distinguished career, and whose work has become
increasingly sought after
Gerald Cooper was born in London
in 1898 and led a long, successful career as a painter,
sculptor and teacher whose works included landscapes,
horses, and children's
portraits until, in his later career, he totally changed
direction to concentrate on floral still life subjects in
the manner of the old Dutch Masters.
During the First World War he served in the Observer
Corps and Royal
Flying Corps, afterwards attending West Bromwich
School of Art and, from 1921, studying at the Royal
College of Art, London.
It was at the Royal College of Art that Cooper
met his future wife, Muriel Minter (British, 1897-1983),
also an artist. Gerry and Mint, as they were known, were
part of a brilliant group at the College, which was then
under the direction of Sir William Rothenstein, (German,
1872-British, 1945). Their contemporaries included Henry
Moore, OM, CH, FBA (British, 1898-1986), Dame Barbara Hepworth,
DBE (British, 1903-1975), Vivian Pitchforth, RA, RWS (British,
1895-1982), Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, OBE, RA, RSPB
(British, 1901-1979), Raymond Coxon (British, 1896-1997)
and his wife Edna Ginesi (British, 1902-2000).
Cooper was keenly interested in art education and was appointed
Principal of Wimbledon School of Art in 1930 (now Wimbledon
College of Art) a role he filled for the following
34 years until his retirement in 1964. He lived in Chelsea
from 1928, Wimbledon from 1933, and East Horsley, Surrey
from 1940.
He was a member of the National
Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers/Printmakers
(NS) and exhibited
nine paintings at the Royal Academy (RA) and
five at The New English Art Club (NEAC) between
1928 and 1940, as well as exhibiting at the Walker
Art Gallery in Liverpool. His works are highly sought
after and are to be found in the Tate Collection,
London, and collections all over the world.
Best
wishes
CHRIS
NOEL-JOHNSON
ALBANY FINE ART
T: +44 (0)
1367 870961
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E: chrisnj@albanyfineart.co.uk
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