Nationality American Occupation Painter | Name William Cooper Died 1900 | |
Born 1811 Smith County, Tennessee Relatives Washington Bogart Cooper (brother) Education National Academy Museum and School | ||
William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American painter.
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Early life
William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee. His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (1802–1888). He was educated at the National Academy Museum and School in New York City as well as in Paris and Rome for three years.
Career
Back in the United States, he started his career as a painter, and was active in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Little Rock, Arkansas, Natchez, Mississippi and Tennessee. In 1853, he painted a painting entitled Out of State. He had a studio in Memphis, Tennessee for fifteen years. Later, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Eventually, he settled in Chattanooga in 1885.
Cooper often signed his paintings the same way as his brother did, and he had a similar style, thus making it hard to know who painted which painting. However, one clue to distinguish their paintings is that he painted more portraits of children, and was more opulent in his choice of colors and painting material.
His portrait, painted by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel (1823–1909), is owned by Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.
Death
Cooper died in 1900 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.