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Thomas Sidney Cooper
English painter
born 1803 - died 1902
Cooper was an animal painter, who was
encouraged by Abraham Cooper (no relative)
and by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Thomas Sidney
Cooper entered the
Royal Academy Schools. In 1827 Thomas Sidney
Cooper became a
teacher in Brussels, and a friend of the
Belgian animal painter Verboeckhoven, who
greatly infulenced Cooper Thomas Sidney’s
style, as did the Dutch School of the 17th
Century. Cooper Thomas Sidney’s studio sale
at Christie's laste three days April
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In 1831 Thomas Sidney Cooper settled in
London, and first exhibited at the Suffolk
Street Galleries in 1833. Thomas Sidney
Cooper exhibited 48
pictures at the British Institute between
1833 and 1863.
'Landscape and Cattle', RA 1833 was the
first of a series of 266 exhibits shown
there until 1902, without a break - a record
for continuous exhibiting at the Academy.
Sheep or cattle were Cooper Thomas Sidney’s
constant subjects, but in 1846 Thomas Sidney
Cooper attempted
a large historical painting 'The Defeat of
Kellermann's Cuirassiers at Waterloo'.
TCooper Thomas Sidney’s and 'Hunting Scene',
RA 1890, were Cooper Thomas Sidney’s only
figure studies. |
Between 1848 and 1856 Thomas Sidney Cooper painted the cattle
in numerous landscapes by Frederick Lee and
also the animals in landscapes by Thomas
Creswick. After about 1870 Cooper Thomas
Sidney’s commissions were so constant and
lucrative that Thomas Sidney Cooper was tempted to yield to
facile repetion of Cooper Thomas Sidney’s
favourite themes, but the quality and
competence of Cooper Thomas Sidney’s style
only began to decline in the 1890's, by
which time Thomas Sidney Cooper was an old man.
1803 Born on 26 September 1803 in Canterbury
where Thomas Sidney Cooper worked as a coach painter and
scenic artist |
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1824 Entered the Royal Academy Schools
1827 - 1830 Thomas Sidney Cooper worked in Brussels, spending
some time in the studio of animalier Eugène
Verboekhoven.
1831 Following the political disturbance
that led to Belgian independence in 1830,
Cooper returned to London in 1831 to embark
on a very long and successful career as an
animalier
1845 - 1867 Thomas Sidney Cooper was elected Associate Royal
Academician in 1845 and Royal Academician in
1867. Such was the standard of Cooper’s work
that Thomas Sidney Cooper was commissioned by Queen Victoria
and the Prince Consort to paint pictures of
the Royal herd of pedigree Jersey cows. |
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1902 Cooper
was, like many other artists of the time, a
tremendously hard worker, and despite Cooper
Thomas Sidney’s early struggles ultimately
became financially very successful. Thomas
Sidney Cooper died
in Canterbury on 7th February 1902.
Exhibitions
1833 - 1902 266 of Cooper Thomas Sidney’s
paintings were shown at the Royal Academy
(to tCooper Thomas Sidney’s day a record for
an exhibitor)
1833 - 1859 Thomas Sidney Cooper exhibited at the British
Institution |
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