Eileen Cooper’s paintings and woodcut prints are dreamy and humorous, with a man giving a woman a foot rub or a woman tenderly cradling a rabbit.
While British figurative art has a reputation for trending toward the dour, the dark or the tortured — think Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon — in Cooper’s world, a couple drifts happily on a sea of love; sisters embrace; and cats, bears, and foxes show up as benign companions.
Cooper has said that she has a head full of stories: “Mythology, fairy tales, Bible stories, fables and early special-effects movies — they’re all part of my work even if it’s not obvious. I always try to look spontaneous.”
Alongside her artistic practice, Cooper has maintained a teaching career at institutions including Central Saint Martins, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.
Cooper became an Academician and Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools in 2010 (the first woman Keeper since the RA’s founding, in 1768), and in 2016, she was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to art and art education.
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Communion Etching, Contemporary Figurative Print, Edition of 45, 1999
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Eileen Cooper is a distinguished British artist celebrated for her expressive and dynamic prints that often explore themes of femininity, relationships, and the natural world. Her wo...
Etching
Playing With Fire, by Art Werger
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching and Aquatint Year: 2024 Edition: 25 Image Size: 12 x 18 inches Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist Dramatic etching of a male nude juggler performing...
Etching, Aquatint
The Encounter - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Leo Guida in 1971. Excellent proof, not signed nor numbered. Artist sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techniques, Leo Guida has bee...
Etching
The Fool: Homage a Philippe
By Art Werger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: Etching with aquatint Year: 2024 Edition: 25 Image Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist Dramatic etching of high wire walker...
Etching, Aquatint
$518
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
Woman Nude from the back - Original Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
By Giacomo Porzano
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 66 prints, 50 in arab numbers and 16 in roman numbers, all hand signed and numbered. Excellent condition.
Etching
Retour au Noir X, by Miguel Conde
By Miguel Conde
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil from the edition of 30. Miguel Condé is a superb Mexican figurative painter, draftsman and etcher. He was Born in 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva...
Etching
Nude - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized b Sergio Barletta. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 30 in roman numbers. Very good condition.
Etching
$200
H 10 in W 14 in
Gluttony, Etching on Paper, hand Signed, Edition of 300, 10x14 inches
By Charles Bragg
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 10 x 14 inches. Image size 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Edition of 300. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cer...
Paper, Etching
Lust Etching on Paper, Hand Signed, Edition of 300, 14 x 11 inches
By Charles Bragg
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching on paper. Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Sheet size 14 x 11 inches. Image size 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Edition of 300. Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Paper, Etching
Rest - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1989
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
With the Ghost is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1985. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Dated and signed by the author....
Etching
$282
H 29.53 in W 20.87 in D 0.04 in
Nude from the Back - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1975
By Giacomo Porzano
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on paper realized in 1975. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 50. Excellent condition.
Etching
$282
H 19.69 in W 13.78 in D 0.04 in
Composition - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1987. Good condition. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35). Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitiv...
Etching
$294
H 5.91 in W 1.97 in D 0.04 in
Nude - Etching on Paper by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered, VI/XL prints, on the lower left. In good conditions. Sergio Barletta (...
Etching
Sea of Love, 2020 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Eileen Cooper Born 1953 Sea of Love, 2020 Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 28 x 42 inches Throughout her career, Eileen Cooper (born 1953) has made figurat...
Canvas, Oil
The Painted Man, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
The Painted Man, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on themes that she has e...
Oil
Peace, 2017 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Peace, 2017 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Throughout her career, Eileen Cooper (born 1953) has made figurative paintings that encompass themes o...
Canvas, Oil