William Brown Cooper
William Brown Cooper | |
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Born | 1811 Smith County, Tennessee |
Died | 1900 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Nationality | American |
Education | National Academy Museum and School |
Occupation | Painter |
Relatives | Washington Bogart Cooper (brother) |
William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American portrait painter from the state of Tennessee.
Early life[]
William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee.[1] His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (1802–1888).[1][2] He was educated at the National Academy Museum and School in New York City as well as in Paris and Rome for three years.[1]
Career[]
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Back in the United States, he started his career as a painter, and was active in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Little Rock, Arkansas, Natchez, Mississippi and Tennessee.[1][3] In 1853, he painted a painting entitled Out of State.[4] He had a studio in Memphis, Tennessee for fifteen years.[1] He later moved to Nashville, followed by Chattanooga in 1885.[1]
Cooper often signed his paintings the same way as his brother did, and he had a similar style, thus making it hard to know who painted which painting.[2] However, one clue to distinguish their paintings is that he painted more portraits of children, and was more opulent in his choice of colors and painting material.[1]
His portrait, painted by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel (1823–1909), is owned by Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.[5]
Death[]
Cooper died in 1900 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Tennessee Portrait Project
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tennessee: A Guide to the State, North American Book, 1949, p. 167
- ^ Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720-1980, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998, p. 70 [1]
- ^ Tennessee Portrait Project: Out of State
- ^ Smithsonian Institution: William Brown Cooper
- 1811 births
- 1900 deaths
- People from Smith County, Tennessee
- National Academy of Design alumni
- American male painters
- American portrait painters
- Painters from Tennessee
- 19th-century American painters
- American painter, 19th-century birth stubs