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
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
$223
H 6.5 in W 3.15 in
Nude VIII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$223
H 6.5 in W 3.15 in
Nude XIII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$470
H 7.49 in W 6.3 in
Swans and Leda - XXI Century, Figurative etching print, Nude, Black &white
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
Paper, Etching
$293
H 6.5 in W 3.15 in
Nude - Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Female artist, Polish art
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Etching
$317
H 5.71 in W 8.08 in
In a heart. Figurative Etching Print, Black & White, Nude, Romantic, Polish Art
By Czeslaw Tumielewicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Monochromatic or rather black and white etching with aquatint figurative print by Polish artist Czeslaw Tumielewicz. Artwork depicts two nude bodies intertwined into a heart shape. P...
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$223
H 6.5 in W 6.5 in
Nude XVIII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$223
H 6.5 in W 6.5 in
Nude XVII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Drypoint, Etching
$223
H 6.5 in W 6.5 in
Nude X - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Monochromatic
By Marta Wakula-Mac
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
Paper, Etching
$293
H 5.91 in W 8.08 in
A birdie - Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Nude, Monochromatic
By Czeslaw Tumielewicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
Polish painter and graphic designer, Czeslaw Tumielewicz was born in 1942. In 1968, he studied at the Architecture faculty of Gdank, before continuing his course at the Technical Un...
Paper, Etching
$246
H 3.55 in W 12.6 in
Sustris' Venuses - Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Nude, Landscape
By Pawel Zablocki
Located in Warsaw, PL
PAWEL ZABLOCKI (born in 1960) Pawel Zablocki is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He received his diploma in 1987. Between 1991 and 1998, Zablocki studied semiotics a...
Paper, Etching
$246
H 5.91 in W 8.47 in
Mottled Belgian - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Animal
By Pawel Zablocki
Located in Warsaw, PL
PAWEL ZABLOCKI (born in 1960) Pawel Zablocki is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He received his diploma in 1987. Between 1991 and 1998, Zablocki studied semiotics a...
Paper, Etching
$246
H 5.91 in W 8.47 in
Lonely - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Animal, Horse
By Pawel Zablocki
Located in Warsaw, PL
PAWEL ZABLOCKI (born in 1960) Pawel Zablocki is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He received his diploma in 1987. Between 1991 and 1998, Zablocki studied semiotics a...
Paper, 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