Alfred Egerton Cooper
(1883-1974), ArtistArtist associated with 3 portraits
Alfred Egerton Cooper studied at the Royal College of Art where he won a prize judged by John Singer Sargent. Sargent was most impressed with Cooper and offered him a job as his studio assistant; the contacts he made in this way enabled him to have a long and successful career as a portrait painter.
John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
by Alfred Egerton Cooper
pastel, 1958
NPG 4442
after Alfred Egerton Cooper
collotype, (1942)
NPG D33258
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Bob Hodges
01 April 2020, 15:50
I have a pencil and chalk copy of Landseer's 'An Honourable Member of the Humane Society' by AEC dated 1901. The original is in the Tate. I have found out that budding artists, AEC would have been then aged about 20 years, used to copy old masters' work and try to sell them on the steps of the gallery in order to supplement their income. I'm pleased to own a little bit of history.
Heather Cheung - volunteer librarian Laing Art Gallery
13 June 2017, 10:37
Black and white reproduction titled "Tempera sketch for a decoration by A.E. Cooper "And he healed them" (Leicester Galleries) in The Studio, volume 67 no.276 March 1916 p.125.
Steve Kaczmarek
23 April 2016, 10:08
Hello, I have a painting which I believe may not be previously known by AE Cooper when he was a Lieutenant in the British Army?
It is titled 'And He Healed them' and depicts Jesus' in a rocky rural scene preaching to many others?
It is painted on what appears to be a small calendar board with the months of 1920 on the reverse. I am aware he only served from 1914-18 though and attained the rank of Captain; so would be interested in any Citation?
Richard Holmes
02 June 2021, 04:57
I have two small paintings by A.E.Cooper; he did then when he came to stay with my parents in Dartmouth circa 1955. They are watercolour landscapes, one of which has an image of me as a boy in my boat by the Higher Ferry. The other is of the Dartmouth Boatfloat. I mention this as a curiosity. They have sentimental value as well as being wonderfully skilled pieces. I believe he gave them to my father as a 'thank you' for his hospitality.