ARTIST: Edward L Cooper (New York, Virginia, late 20 century)
TITLE: Landscape with Cottage
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 8 x 10 inches / 20 x 25 cm
FRAME SIZE: 15 x 17 inches / 38 x 43 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
Ed Cooper began drawing and painting at an early age. It became his lifetime passion. As a youth he lived on a farm, worked in the fields, hiked in the woods, wandered the hills, and developed a great love for nature and for the landscape. During this time he collected and studied illustrations in outdoor and sporting magazines. He was also greatly influenced by plein air painters of Cape Anne, such as Emile Gruppe, by Pennsylvania impressionists like Edward Redfield, and by the artistry of John Carlson.After high school he attended the Rochester Institute of Technology and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Illustration and worked for many years as a graphic artist and illustrator before devoting his full time to landscape painting. During his career he used a progression of media from oil to watercolor to pastel to acrylics but finally settled again on his first love, oils.He won first prize in the landscape category in a national contest sponsored by American Artist Magazine, and won the Landscape Art Award (bronze medal) at the highly competitive "Arts for the Parks" competition. He has also been an award winner in a number of plein air painting competitions, including Paint Annapolis and Plein Air Easton.Education: BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.