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| William Leonard Cooper was born in Salinas, CA on July 14, 1900. Cooper's parents came to California following the Civil War. Local author John Steinbeck grew up with the Coopers and immortalized the family in his Travels With Charley. Leonard Cooper studied art at the College of the Pacific and painted with Leon Amyx. As well as a painter, he was also a violinist and piano teacher in the Salinas area during the 1930s. He died while vacationing in Los Angeles on July 25, 1948.
Exh: Santa Cruz Art League, 1936-42; Oakland Art Gallery, 1936-44; SFMA, 1944; Atlanta University, 1946. In: Atlanta University.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Invw; WWAA 1947; Monterey County Herald, 2-16-1999. | | 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. |
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