Suzanne Cooper

For the British non-fiction writer, see Suzanne Fagence Cooper.

Brightlingsea - wood engraving by Suzanne Cooper 1937

Suzanne Cooper (1916-1992) was a British Modernist ^[1] painter and wood-engraver.

Work and life

Her 1936 oil painting "Royal Albion," at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ), is noted for the "artist's use of simplified blocks of form and colour." ^[2]

She grew up in Frinton-on-Sea and studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London. ^[3] Between 1935 and 1939, ^[4] she exhibited her oil-paintings and wood-engravings at the Redfern Gallery, the Zwemmer Gallery, the Wertheim Gallery and the Stafford Gallery, and with the National Society of Painters, Sculptors & Print-Makers and the Society of Women Artists.

In collections

The influential collector Lucy Wertheim, in addition to exhibiting her work, bought two of Cooper's oil paintings. ^[5]

Exhibitions

• "Suzanne Cooper: The Rediscovery of a Forgotten Artist," ^[6] 17–25 March 2018, The Fry Art Gallery Too, Saffron Walden (solo exhibition)
• "Suzanne Cooper and the art of wood engraving," ^[7] 2 June - 1 July 2018, Printroom Studio, Suffolk (group exhibition)
• 'Suzanne Cooper' 1–7 April 2019 - The Morley Gallery, London (solo exhibition)

References

1. "A Suzanne Cooper Retrospective in Saffron Walden" . Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. "Royal Albion". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
3. "ABOUT". Suzanne Cooper. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
4. "ABOUT". Suzanne Cooper. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
5. Hughes-Hallett, Lucy (18 March 2018). "The fascinatingly strange paintings of forgotten artist Suzanne Cooper". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 3 May 2018.
6. "Fry Gallery - Exhibitions & events - Event". www.fryartgallery.org. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
7. "Exhibitions | Print Room Studio". www.printroom.studio. Retrieved 3 May 2018.