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Thomas Sidney Cooper Paintings

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
Study of a collie
Study of a collie

Study of a collie

By Thomas Sidney Cooper

Located in Stoke, Hampshire

Thomas Sidney Cooper C.V.O., R.A. (1803-1902) Study of a collie Oil on canvas Canvas Size 21 x 28 in Framed Size 27 x 34 in Provenance with Lane Fine Art, London; The Collection of ...

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19th Century Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Paintings

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Oil

Cow and Chickens in Stable /// Thomas Sidney Cooper British Farm Animal Painting
Cow and Chickens in Stable /// Thomas Sidney Cooper British Farm Animal Painting

Cow and Chickens in Stable /// Thomas Sidney Cooper British Farm Animal Painting

By Thomas Sidney Cooper

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: Thomas Sidney Cooper (English, 1803-1902) Title: "Cow and Chickens in Stable" *Signed and dated by Cooper lower left Year: 1871 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fr...

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1870s Victorian Thomas Sidney Cooper Paintings

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Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board, Wood

Highland Pastures
Highland Pastures

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 Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Oil on canvas : Cattle near the cliffs of Herne Bay KENT by Thomas Syndey Cooper
Oil on canvas : Cattle near the cliffs of Herne Bay KENT by Thomas Syndey Cooper

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 Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sheep Resting

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 Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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Sheep Resting, 19th Century  by Thomas Sidney COOPER (1803-1902)
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Artist: Thomas Sidney Cooper (English, 1803-1902) Title: "Landscape with Resting Sheep" *Signed by Cooper lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Framed in a gold ornate gesso frame Framed size: 15.25" x 17.75" Canvas size: 10.25" x 12.25" Condition: Light cosmetic wear to frame. Some craquelure to surface. In otherwise very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Munich, Germany. The sheep depicted in this painting by Sidney are likely Leicester Longwools. The Leicester Longwool is an English breed of sheep. Alternative names for the breed include: Leicester, Bakewell Leicester, Dishley Leicester, English Leicester, Improved Leicester and New Leicester. It was originally developed by 18th-century breeding innovator Robert Bakewell. Biography: Thomas Sidney Cooper CVO RA (26 September 1803 – 7 February 1902) was an English landscape painter noted for his images of cattle and farm animals. Thomas Sidney Cooper was born in St Peter's Street 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 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. He then 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; there he met Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven. Because of the Belgian Revolution he returned to London, and by showing his first picture at the Royal Academy (1833) began an unprecedentedly prolonged career as an exhibitor. When the competition was announced for the decoration for the new Houses of Parliament, to be held at Westminster Hall in 1847, Cooper submitted The Defeat of Kellermann's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo, June 18, 1815, without success. In order to complete the picture, the artist used Siborne's model of the battlefield then on exhibition in London, while a friend in Brussels sent him breastplates worn by the various cavalry regiments, and a trooper of the Life Guards acted as a model. He is mainly associated with pictures of cattle or sheep,[4] a fact that earned him the epithet "Cow Cooper". Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee...

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H 22 in W 26 in D 3.5 in

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Sheep in an Open Landscape - British Old Master oil painting mountains

Sheep in an Open Landscape - British Old Master oil painting mountains

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