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Eileen Cooper Paintings

British, b. 1953

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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Artist: Eileen Cooper
Paper Doll, 2012 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Paper Doll, 2012 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed Oil on canvas 48 x 36 1/4 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Run Rabbit Run, 2013 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Run Rabbit Run, 2013 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed Oil on canvas 48 x 36 1/4 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on themes that she has explored throughout her forty-year career, those of universal female experience, primarily fertility, sexuality and motherhood. In this latest body of work, Cooper has also incorporated images celebrating friendship, sisterhood and sense of self. Many of the images show female figures in private spaces, engaged in intimate and sometimes simple acts, including brushing or washing hair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Lipstick, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Lipstick, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 36 x 30 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Believe, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Believe, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Child, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Child, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 30 x 20 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Every Mother's Son 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Every Mother's Son 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 60 x 42 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on themes that she has explored throughout her forty-year career, those of universal female experience, primarily fertility, sexuality and motherhood. In this latest body of work, Cooper has also incorporated images celebrating friendship, sisterhood and sense of self. Many of the images show female figures in private spaces, engaged in intimate and sometimes simple acts, including brushing or washing hair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

The Food of Love, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
The Food of Love, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 60 x 42 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on themes that she has ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Body and Soul, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Body and Soul, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Personal Space, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Personal Space, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Take Five, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Take Five, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Signed on reverse Oil on canvas 48 x 36 inches Through these images, Cooper revisits and expands on th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Blue Duet, 2016 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
By Eileen Cooper
Located in London, GB
Blue Duet, 2016 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting) Throughout her career, Eileen Cooper (born 1953) has made figurative paintings that encompass them...
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2010s Contemporary Eileen Cooper Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Eileen Cooper paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Eileen Cooper paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Eileen Cooper in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Eileen Cooper paintings, so small editions measuring 20 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jon Davenport, Sarah Ollerenshaw, and Simeon Stafford. Eileen Cooper paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $27,254 and tops out at $27,254, while the average work can sell for $27,254.

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