Study for a Churchill
portrait
Alfred Egerton Cooper
- English Portrait Artist (1883-1974)
Date?
Private
collection
Oil
on Canvas
Size?
Jpg:
anonymous
Alfred Egerton Cooper (1883-1974)
was born in Tettenhall near Wolverhampton. He was best known as a painter
of portraits, (including King George VI and Churchill), but also painted
landscapes. While still a student, Cooper came under the watchful eye of
John Singer Sargent and was mentored by the master -- even working in Sargent's
studio (but to what degree remains unclear). He served in World War I where
the sight of one eye was damaged by chlorine gas. He lived most of his
life in Chelsea and exhibited in London at the Leger and the Leicester
galleries.
Notes
Image from anonymous source.
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