COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER (1856-1937) OIL PAINTING
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This beautiful Winter oil painting on board by Colin Campbell Cooper is in good condition with no restoration. The size is 16"x12". The fluted gold leaf frame is molded in gold leaf, the painting is signed at the lower right corner. A NEW YORK PAINTING BY COOPER RECENTLY SOLD FOR OVER $700,000.00 AT AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK GALLERY.(2007) COOPER PAINTED WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS OF HIS ERA,THOMAS EAKINS. COOPER LIVED AND PAINTED IN NEW YORK CITY DURING MANY PERIODS OF HIS CAREER, HIS NEW YORK PAINTINGS ARE SOMEWHAT RARE, ALTHOUGH EXTREMELY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS AND GALLERIES. Colin Campbell Cooper (b. 1856 - d. 1937) BIO: Colin Campbell Cooper, painter, teacher, writer, lecturer, watercolorist and impressionist was born in Philadelphia, P.A. in 1856. His father, a wealthy surgeon, encouraged his son to pursue his talent in art. He was also inspired by the art he saw at the 1876 Philadelphia Exposition. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, the Academies Julian in Paris with Vitti, and Delecluse and additionally at other art schools in Paris. Colin Cooper was also known for the unique way that he handled watercolor on canvas, This style of painting was later called "The California Style" of watercolor painting. Very few, if any, artists at the time were employing this technique
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