Emma Lampert Cooper

Emma Lampert Cooper
Portrait of Emma Lampert Cooper
by Colin Campbell Cooper
Born
Emma Esther Lampert

(1855-02-24)February 24, 1855
DiedJune 30, 1920(1920-06-30) (aged 65)
NationalityAmerican
EducationArt Students League
Known forPainting
MovementRealism
SpouseColin Campbell Cooper (m. 1897)
Awards
Emma Lampert Cooper, The Breadwinner, received an award at the Chicago World's Exposition in 1893
Emma Lampert Cooper, in her studio, circa 1900
Emma Lampert Cooper (1855–1920), Spring Landscape, water color

Emma Lampert Cooper (February 24, 1855 – July 30, 1920) was a painter from Rochester, New York, described as "a painter of exceptional ability".[1] She studied in Rochester, New York; New York City under William Merritt Chase, Paris at the Académie Delécluse and in the Netherlands under Hein Kever. Cooper won awards at several World's Expositions, taught art and was an art director. She met her husband, Colin Campbell Cooper in the Netherlands and the two traveled, painted and exhibited their works together.

  1. ^ William H. Gerdts. East Coast/West Coast and Beyond: Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist. Hudson Hills; 2006. ISBN 978-1-55595-269-3., p. 13