Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Painter, lithographer, sculptor. Born in Hanover, NJ on Jan. 12, 1810. At age 15 Cooper began studying in NYC under Samuel F. B. Morse and under his guidance became a competent landscape and portrait painter. He was an established artist in New York before arriving in California with the Gold Rush. He sketched and prospected in the Mother Lode area during 1849-52. His drawings were reproduced in California Illustrated in 1853. Cooper died in NYC on Nov. 12, 1878.
Exh: NAD, 1839. In: CHS; Oakland Museum (Sutterville, CA 1849). G&W; COS; JVN. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
Biography from AskART:
| George Victor Cooper was a landscape and portrait painter, sculptor, lithographer, and cameo cutter. As early as 1835-36, he had moved from New Jersey to New York City and remained there until 1849, but eventually went west to California.
By 1851, Cooper returned to New York City and worked there until his death. In 1865 he painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Source:
Groce and Wallace, "The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art" |
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