Colin Campbell Cooper "Tea Time, Santa Barbara, 1921" 36 x 46 inches, oil on canvas! Available For Sale
Colin Campbell Cooper 1856-1937
Colin Campbell Cooper 1856-1937
Colin Campbell Cooper 1856-1937
Colin Campbell Cooper
Colin Campbell Cooper Biography:
Colin Campbell Cooper was an American painter who was held in high regard as an Impressionist painter both internationally and in America. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1856 to an upper class family that encouraged him to pursue an art career at an early age. He initially studied with Thomas Eakins at the Pennsylvannia Academy of Fine Art, and then later, he made the pilgrimage to Paris and studied at the Academies -- Julian, Vitti, and Delecluse.
Developing his Impressionist style in Europe, his work showed the influence Claude Monet. His subjects included monolithic architectural landscapes in America and abroad, poetic moments of women at leisure and the majestic landscapes of New York City. A large body of his work involved the various historical landmarks in New York City, frequently he would picture theWall Street Stock Exchange, the Empire State Building, the New York City Library -- after the death of his wife in New York, Cooper in 1921 relocated to Santa Barbara, California, and while there he painting some of his finest paintings. In Santa Barbara he painted the El Encanto Hotel with its lily filled ponds, and then the Samarkand Hotel with its luscious gardens and white Roman pillars supporting pergolas cascading with abundant flowers.
While in California, Cooper painted buildings at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915, he visited and painted the historical Mission San Juan Capistrano and historical landmarks in San Diego. He became an art instructor in Santa Barbara and lived in his adopted city until his death on November 6, 1937. His paintings spanned from India to California, his influence was felt in the European, New England and California schools of art.
