Eileen Cooper Figurative 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 Figurative 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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
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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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
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Oil
The Food of Love, 2019 - Eileen Cooper (Figurative Painting)
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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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Eileen Cooper Figurative Paintings
Materials
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 Figurative Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
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