Was a passenger on the Carpathia during the rescue of the survivors from the Titanic.∼About
Remembered best for his paintings of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia skyscrapers, this American Impressionist artist also painted Asian and European city scenes, as well as portraits, landscapes, and Renoir-like images of people at leisure. His best known works include Metropolitan Life Tower, Summer, and Taj Mahal, Afternoon.
Before Fame
He trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in his native Philadelphia, and then at Paris' renowned Academie Julian. His first successful painting was a 1902 piece titled Broad Street, New York.
Trivia
He displayed his work at numerous solo and group exhibitions and received a Silver Medal for watercolor paintings and a Gold Medal for oil paintings at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Family Life
His first marriage, to fellow painter Emma Lampert, lasted from 1897 until Lampert's 1920 death from tuberculosis. Nearly a decade later, he met and married Marie Henriette Frehsee and settled in Santa Barbara, California.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow American Impressionist painter T.C. Steele.
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Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and i…
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Born: Mar 08, 1856 · Philadelphia, PA
Died: Nov 06, 1937 · Santa Barbara, CA
Spouse: Emma Lampert Cooper
Periods: American Impressionism · Impressionism
Written works: Colin Campbell Cooper (2005)
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Timeline
1879:
In 1879, Cooper enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studying art under famed controversial realist painter Thomas Eakins for three years.
1903:
He said that the painting which first brought him great success was 1902's Broad Street, New York; in 1903, this painting was honored with the W. T. Evans Award of the New York Watercolor Club.
1912:
He and his wife were aboard the RMS Carpathia during its rescue mission for the survivors from the sunken RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
1927:
In April 1927, he married his second wife, Marie Henriette Frehsee, in Arizona.
1937:
Just several months before his death, however, Cooper initiated the effort to convert the abandoned post office building into an art museum in a letter to the editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press in July 1937.
1937:
He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937, at the age of 81.
Remembered best for his paintings of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia skyscrapers, this American Impressionist artist also painted Asian and European city scenes, as well as portraits, landscapes, and Renoir-like images of people at leisure. His best known works include Metropolitan Life Tower, Summer, and Taj Mahal, Afternoon.
Before Fame
He trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in his native Philadelphia, and then at Paris' renowned Academie Julian. His first successful painting was a 1902 piece titled Broad Street, New York.
Trivia
He displayed his work at numerous solo and group exhibitions and received a Silver Medal for watercolor paintings and a Gold Medal for oil paintings at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Family Life
His first marriage, to fellow painter Emma Lampert, lasted from 1897 until Lampert's 1920 death from tuberculosis. Nearly a decade later, he met and married Marie Henriette Frehsee and settled in Santa Barbara, California.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow American Impressionist painter T.C. Steele.
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Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and i…
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Born: Mar 08, 1856 · Philadelphia, PA
Died: Nov 06, 1937 · Santa Barbara, CA
Spouse: Emma Lampert Cooper
Periods: American Impressionism · Impressionism
Written works: Colin Campbell Cooper (2005)
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Timeline
1879:
In 1879, Cooper enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studying art under famed controversial realist painter Thomas Eakins for three years.
1903:
He said that the painting which first brought him great success was 1902's Broad Street, New York; in 1903, this painting was honored with the W. T. Evans Award of the New York Watercolor Club.
1912:
He and his wife were aboard the RMS Carpathia during its rescue mission for the survivors from the sunken RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
1927:
In April 1927, he married his second wife, Marie Henriette Frehsee, in Arizona.
1937:
Just several months before his death, however, Cooper initiated the effort to convert the abandoned post office building into an art museum in a letter to the editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press in July 1937.
1937:
He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937, at the age of 81.
Was a passenger on the Carpathia during the rescue of the survivors from the Titanic.∼About
Remembered best for his paintings of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia skyscrapers, this American Impressionist artist also painted Asian and European city scenes, as well as portraits, landscapes, and Renoir-like images of people at leisure. His best known works include Metropolitan Life Tower, Summer, and Taj Mahal, Afternoon.
Before Fame
He trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in his native Philadelphia, and then at Paris' renowned Academie Julian. His first successful painting was a 1902 piece titled Broad Street, New York.
Trivia
He displayed his work at numerous solo and group exhibitions and received a Silver Medal for watercolor paintings and a Gold Medal for oil paintings at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Family Life
His first marriage, to fellow painter Emma Lampert, lasted from 1897 until Lampert's 1920 death from tuberculosis. Nearly a decade later, he met and married Marie Henriette Frehsee and settled in Santa Barbara, California.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow American Impressionist painter T.C. Steele.
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Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and i…
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Born: Mar 08, 1856 · Philadelphia, PA
Died: Nov 06, 1937 · Santa Barbara, CA
Spouse: Emma Lampert Cooper
Periods: American Impressionism · Impressionism
Written works: Colin Campbell Cooper (2005)
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Timeline
1879:
In 1879, Cooper enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studying art under famed controversial realist painter Thomas Eakins for three years.
1903:
He said that the painting which first brought him great success was 1902's Broad Street, New York; in 1903, this painting was honored with the W. T. Evans Award of the New York Watercolor Club.
1912:
He and his wife were aboard the RMS Carpathia during its rescue mission for the survivors from the sunken RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
1927:
In April 1927, he married his second wife, Marie Henriette Frehsee, in Arizona.
1937:
Just several months before his death, however, Cooper initiated the effort to convert the abandoned post office building into an art museum in a letter to the editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press in July 1937.
1937:
He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937, at the age of 81.
Remembered best for his paintings of New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia skyscrapers, this American Impressionist artist also painted Asian and European city scenes, as well as portraits, landscapes, and Renoir-like images of people at leisure. His best known works include Metropolitan Life Tower, Summer, and Taj Mahal, Afternoon.
Before Fame
He trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in his native Philadelphia, and then at Paris' renowned Academie Julian. His first successful painting was a 1902 piece titled Broad Street, New York.
Trivia
He displayed his work at numerous solo and group exhibitions and received a Silver Medal for watercolor paintings and a Gold Medal for oil paintings at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California.
Family Life
His first marriage, to fellow painter Emma Lampert, lasted from 1897 until Lampert's 1920 death from tuberculosis. Nearly a decade later, he met and married Marie Henriette Frehsee and settled in Santa Barbara, California.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow American Impressionist painter T.C. Steele.
Colin Campbell Cooper Is A Member Of
Born In 1856
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First Name Colin
Pisces
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TC Steele
Painter
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Colin Campbell Cooper
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Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and i…
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Born: Mar 08, 1856 · Philadelphia, PA
Died: Nov 06, 1937 · Santa Barbara, CA
Spouse: Emma Lampert Cooper
Periods: American Impressionism · Impressionism
Written works: Colin Campbell Cooper (2005)
Education: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Timeline
1879:
In 1879, Cooper enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studying art under famed controversial realist painter Thomas Eakins for three years.
1903:
He said that the painting which first brought him great success was 1902's Broad Street, New York; in 1903, this painting was honored with the W. T. Evans Award of the New York Watercolor Club.
1912:
He and his wife were aboard the RMS Carpathia during its rescue mission for the survivors from the sunken RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
1927:
In April 1927, he married his second wife, Marie Henriette Frehsee, in Arizona.
1937:
Just several months before his death, however, Cooper initiated the effort to convert the abandoned post office building into an art museum in a letter to the editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press in July 1937.
1937:
He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937, at the age of 81.
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