By William Sidney Cooper
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Sidney Cooper
British, (1854-1927)
Near Fordwich, Kent
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1902, inscribed in pencil on stretcher
Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches
Size including frame: 27.25 inches x 37.25 inches
William Sidney Cooper was born in Canterbury, Kent in 1854 and was the son of John Ramsay Cooper, a dispensary chemist and Mary Barber. He was the great nephew of Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), the famous landscape painter. His talent for painting was recognised early on and he trained under his great uncle at the Canterbury Sidney Cooper School of Art.
In 1881, he started exhibiting at the Royal Academy and Suffolk Street and later at the Royal Watercolour Society. Works at the RA include ‘Springtime, Isle of Wight’, ‘The Avon at Ringwood’ and ‘Twilight on the Thames’. He married Kate Kennett in 1882 and they lived in Pangbourne, Berkshire where they had their first 3 children. In 1890, they moved to Herne Bay...
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Early 20th Century Victorian William Sidney Cooper Art