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Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

British, 1803-1902

Thomas Sidney Cooper was one of the foremost animal painters of the Victorian period. He was greatly encouraged by Abraham Cooper (of no relation) and Sir Thomas Lawrence. Cooper entered the Royal Academy Schools before taking up a position as a teacher in Brussels in 1829. He was also influenced by the 17th century Dutch School. In 1831, the artist settled in London and first exhibited at Suffolk Street in 1833. He exhibited 48 pictures at the British Institution between 1833–63. Landscape and Cattle at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1833 and was shown until 1902 without a break; it was a record for a continuous exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts. Sheep and cattle were his most frequent subjects, although he did paint a few figurative ones as well. His studio sale at Christie’s lasted three days from 12–15 April 1902. His works can be found in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; the Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery; the National Museum Cardiff, Wales; the Glasgow City Art Gallery; the Leeds Art Gallery; Leicester Museums and Galleries; the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Wallace Collection in London and the National Gallery in London.

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Artist: Thomas Sidney Cooper
Highland Pastures
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Highland Pastures by Thomas Sidney Cooper RA British, 1803-1902 Oil on panel Panel size: 16.5 x 21 inches Framed size: 23 x 27 inches Signed and dated 1851 lower right
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Panel, Oil

19th Century landscape animal oil painting of cattle & sheep by a river
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Thomas Sidney Cooper British, (1803-1902) Canterbury Meadows Oil on canvas, signed & dated ‘T. Sidney Cooper RA/1894 Image size: 14.75 inches x 24.75 i...
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19th Century Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil, Canvas

Cattle Watering At The Stream, 19th Century by THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cattle Watering At The Stream, 19th Century by THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) Large 19th Century English landscape with cattle watering by a stream...
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil, Canvas

Thomas Sidney - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Seascape off Dordrecht
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful panoramic scene depict figures on a beach near the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands. A couple converse on the sands, while boats sailing on the horizon behind. Th...
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20th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Watercolor

Bull, three cows and two sheep on a grassy hummock 1853
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Lincoln, GB
Thomas Sidney Cooper 'Family Group' 1853 Oil on Canvas Canvas 30 x 42 Inches Framed 38 x 51 Inches Signed and Dated
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil

Mid Period Thomas Sidney Cooper, Landscape with Cows & Sheep 1865
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Lincoln, GB
Mid Period Thomas Sidney Cooper, Landscape with Cows & Sheep by a river. Signed & Dated bottom middle 1865. Canvas 34 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches. Framed 48 x 40 inches. Oil on Canvas. This is s wonderful...
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil

Stock, tinted lithograph of cattle and sheep, by Thomas Sydney Cooper
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Tinted lithograph with white highlights, from 'Thirty-Four Subjects of Cattle', published in 1837 by Thos. McLean, Ackermann and Tilt. Printed at A Ducote's Lithographic Establishmen...
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1830s Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Lithograph

Cattle And Sheep Resting By The Water, 19th Century
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Blackwater, GB
Cattle And Sheep Resting By The Water, 19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (1803-1902) - Rare large example of the artists Huge 19th Century English landscape with cattle and she...
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Early 19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on canvas : Cattle near the cliffs of Herne Bay KENT by Thomas Syndey Cooper
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Gent, VOV
Thomas Sidney Cooper was one of the foremost animal painters of the Victorian period. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child he began to show strong artistic inclinations, but the circumstances of his family did not allow him to receive any systematic training. By the time he was twelve years old, he was working in the shop of a coach painter. Later he obtained a job as a scene painter, and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years. He still felt a strong desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature. At the age of twenty, he went to London, drew for a while in the British Museum, and was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy. Subsequently, he returned to Canterbury, where he was able to earn a living as a drawing master and by the sale of sketches and drawings. In 1827, he settled in Brussels and married before taking up a position as a teacher in Brussels in 1829. There he befriended Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, the great Belgian animal painter, who greatly influenced his style. He was also influenced by the 17th Century Dutch School. Because of the Belgian Revolution, he returned to London where he settled and first exhibited at Suffolk Street in 1833. He exhibited forty-eight pictures at the British Institution between 1833 and 1863. ‘Landscape and Cattle’, Royal Academy 1833, was shown until 1902 without a break - a record for a continuous exhibit at the Royal Academy. Sheep and cattle were his most frequent subjects, although he did paint a few figurative subjects. Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee...
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1880s Realist Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting by Thomas Sidney Cooper "The Milkmaid"
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A "The Milkmaid" 1803 - 1902 Pupil of the Royal Academy Schools, where he was to become the longest exhibit...
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil

On the Stour, tinted lithograph of cattle, by Thomas Sydney Cooper, 1837
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'At Smithfield Market' Tinted lithograph with white highlights by Thomas Sidney Cooper, from 'Thirty-Four Subjects of Cattle', published in 1837 by Thos. McLean, Ackermann and Tilt....
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1830s Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Lithograph

Resting Bull Lithograph
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in New York, NY
Original lithograph hand-colored at the time of publication from "Groups of Cattle Drawn from Nature" by Thomas Sydney Cooper. Mounted on artist's board. London, 1839.
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1830s Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Paper

Sheep Resting
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on panel Panel size: 17 x 14 inches Framed size: 22.75 x 20 inches Signed lower left
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Oil, Panel

At Smithfield Market, tinted lithograph of cattle, by Thomas Sydney Cooper, 1837
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'At Smithfield Market' Tinted lithograph with white highlights by Thomas Sidney Cooper, from 'Thirty-Four Subjects of Cattle', published in 1837 by Thos. McLean, Ackermann and Tilt....
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1830s Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Lithograph

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Landscape with Resting Sheep /// Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Animal Farm Art
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
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Mountain Sheep
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Located in Belgravia, London, London
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Mountain Sheep
Mountain Sheep
H 22 in W 26 in D 3.5 in
Thomas Sidney Cooper Landscape with Sheep
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Lincoln, GB
Oil on Canvas, 41 x 51 inches, Signed Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803 - 1902) Landscape with Sheep Oil on Canvas Framed Size; 102 x 127 cm
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19th Century Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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Sheep in an Open Landscape - British Old Master oil painting mountains
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in London, GB
A fine large oil on canvas by noted British Old Master landscape and animal artsit Thomas Sidney Cooper RA. A stunning panoramic view with sheep resting, it is a fine large example ...
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19th Century Old Masters Thomas Sidney Cooper Art

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