William Sidney Cooper Landscape Paintings

William Sidney Cooper trained at the Canterbury art school of his great-uncle, Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902). Like his mentor, the younger Cooper specialised in landscapes, often with livestock, but the latter became particularly famous for his paintings of cattle. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Watercolor Society. He was best known for sheep and cows in landscapes...

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...