Thomas Sidney Cooper Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas Sidney Cooper Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 21, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, (1803-1902), (attributed to) The Milkmaid unsign
Est: £400 - £500
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, (1803-1902), (attributed to) The Milkmaid unsigned, attribution to frame, oil on panel, 21.5cm x 30cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Nov. 21, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Cattle at Rest signed, oil on canvas, 51cm
Est: £200 - £400
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Cattle at Rest signed, oil on canvas, 51cm x 61cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Nov. 21, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A. (British 1803-1902) Cattle by a river; Sheep in a landscape (a pair)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper R.A. (British 1803-1902) Cattle by a river; Sheep in a landscape (a pair) both signed and dated 'T Sidney Cooper 1877' (lower right), oil on board, each 45 x 91.5 cm (2) Provenance With T. Agnew & Sons (according to inscription verso). Private collection, UK.
Dawsons Auctioneers
Nov. 20, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cattle watering on a riverbank; oil on canvas, sig
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cattle watering on a riverbank; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'T Sidney Cooper RA / 1886' (lower right), bears old label inscribed 'N2 / "Among the ? Evening" / T. Sidney Cooper. R.A. / 42 Chepstow Villa Bayswater / London...' attached to the upper stretcher bar, 76.3 x 106.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Sidney Cooper was a prolific artist, and arguably the pre-eminent British cattle painter of the 19th century. After initially working in the shop of a coach painter and as a scenery painter, Sidney Cooper travelled to Brussels in 1827, where he encountered the work of Eugène Verboeckhoven (1798-1881), an experience which had an immense influence on Sidney Cooper's own subsequent approach. The present work, depicting a tranquil pastoral scene lit by a gentle, atmospheric evening light, is typical of the artist's output, recalling, for example, a similar work which sold at Bonhams, London, on 10 July 2024 (lot 54) for £6,500.
Roseberys
Nov. 20, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cows in a pool; pencil and watercolour on paper, s
Est: £150 - £250
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cows in a pool; pencil and watercolour on paper, signed 'T. Sidney Cooper. RA' (lower left), 11.9 x 16.9 cm. (VAT charged on the hammer price). Provenance: with the Fry Gallery, London. Note: Sidney Cooper was a prolific artist, and arguably the pre-eminent British cattle painter of the 19th century. After initially working in the shop of a coach painter and as a scenery painter, Sidney Cooper travelled to Brussels in 1827, where he encountered the work of Eugène Verboeckhoven (1798-1881), an experience which had an immense influence on Sidney Cooper's own subsequent approach.
Roseberys
Nov. 09, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Oil On Board
Est: -
Titled: Kentish Downs. Signed On The Lower Left Corner, Secondary Signature Lower Center. Frame Measures Approximately 15.25in X 19.5in. Artwork Measures Approximately 10.25in X 14.5in. Paint Chips And Cracking Present Please See Photos For Condition Consideration. Nr30364 Bp
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Nov. 09, 2024
Late 19th C. Sheep Pastoral Scene, Oil on Canvas
Est: $1,500 - $1,800
Late 19th C. Sheep Pastoral Scene, Oil on Canvas, Artist Plaque Stating Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A., 1803-1902, Depicting Four Sheep in Pastoral Setting, Housed in Ornate Gold Leaf Frame with Very Detailed Corners. 17.75" Wide, 2.5" Deep, 19.75" High; Canvas-10.25" Wide, 12.5" High
Northgate Gallery Auctions
Nov. 09, 2024
19th C. The Watering Place, Oil on Canvas, Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. (British, 1802-1903)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
19th C. The Watering Place, Oil on Canvas, Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A (British, 1802-1903), Signed and Dated 1839, Depicting Cattle at Watering Spot, Housed in New Gold Leaf Frame, 31.5" Wide, 2.5" Deep, 25.5" High; Canvas-24" Wide, 18" High
Northgate Gallery Auctions
Oct. 27, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (UK,1803-1902) oil painting antique
Est: $2,700 - $3,400
ARTIST: Thomas Sidney Cooper (United Kingdom, 1803 - 1902) TITLE: Landscape with Cows and Sheep YEAR: 1879 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Relined. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. ART SIZE: 12 x 22 inches / 30 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: 18 x 28 inches / 45 x 71 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 133575 US SHIPPING: $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Sidney Cooper was born in St Peter's Street in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child he began to show strong artistic inclinations, but the circumstances of his family did not allow him to receive any systematic training. By the time he was twelve years old, he was working in the shop of a coach painter. Later he obtained a job as a scene painter; and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years. He still felt a desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature. At the age of twenty he went to London, drew for a while in the British Museum, and was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy.He then returned to Canterbury, where he was able to earn a living as a drawing-master and by the sale of sketches and drawings. In 1827 he settled in Brussels and married; there he met Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven. Because of the Belgian Revolution he returned to London, and by showing his first picture at the Royal Academy (1833) began an unprecedentedly prolonged career as an exhibitor. When the competition was announced for the decoration for the new Houses of Parliament, to be held at Westminster Hall in 1847, Cooper submitted The Defeat of Kellermann's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo, June 18, 1815, without success. In order to complete the picture, the artist used Siborne's model of the battlefield then on exhibition in London, while a friend in Brussels sent him breastplates worn by the various cavalry regiments, and a trooper of the Life Guards acted as a model.He is mainly associated with pictures of cattle or sheep, a fact that earned him the epithet "Cow Cooper". Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee R.A. on several paintings, Lee undertaking the landscapes, and Cooper adding animals to complete the scene. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1845 and Royal Academician (RA) on 22 June 1867. The oldest member of the Royal Academy of Arts at the time of the accession of King Edward VII in 1901, Cooper was in July 1901 received by the King in audience, and appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).He was a great philanthropist in Canterbury, and used some of his wealth to distribute bread and coal to the poor at Christmas. The Alms Houses in Chantry Lane Canterbury are wrongly attributed to him as they were donated by Thomas Sankey Cooper and his brother Henry. Most notably in 1882 he developed his private art lessons into a full-fledged art school in Canterbury, located at his home and studio in St Peter's Street. Originally called the Canterbury Sidney Cooper School of Art, Cooper's art school is still in existence although it is now called the University for the Creative Arts. Amongst Cooper's more well-known students was Mary Tourtel, creator and illustrator of the Rupert Bear books for children.He wrote his reminiscences, under the title of My Life, in 1890. The largest public collection of Cooper paintings is owned by Canterbury City Council and housed at the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury. Examples are also held by the Tate Gallery, London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and other public collections, mainly in Britain.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902), LIVESTOCK IN A LANDSCAPE
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803 - 1902)LIVESTOCK IN A LANDSCAPE Oil on canvasSigned and dated '1857' (lower right)44.5 x 60cm (17½ x 23½ in.)Provenance:Sale, Stanworth, 3 February 1995 A Northamptonshire collection, acquired from the above
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 09, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (1803-1902) AND JAMES PAKER PYNE (1800-1870), A SHEPHERD WITH CATTLE
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902) AND JAMES PAKER PYNE (BRITISH 1800-1870)A SHEPHERD WITH CATTLE AND GOATS ON A TRACK Oil on canvasSigned and dated `J.B. PYNE 1844' (lower right)45 x 72cm (17½ x 28¼ in.)Provenance:Sale (possibly), Christie's, London, 12 April 1991, lot 62
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 09, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902), A COOLING DRAUGHT
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902)A COOLING DRAUGHTOil on panelSigned and dated '1867' (lower right)44 x 34cm (17¼ x 13¼ in.)Provenance:T. Richardson & Co., Fine Art Gallery, London
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 30, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902) CANTERBURY MEADOW, 1877
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902) CANTERBURY MEADOW, 1877 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right; titled on reverse h:14 w:10.50 in.
Whyte's
Sep. 26, 2024
Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), Fi
Est: £70 - £100
Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), Figure studies, pencil, bears initials lower left, 9 x 16.5cm. Framed and glazed. Under glass, paper discoloured, would benefit from a clean.
Ewbank's
Sep. 18, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902)
Est: £300 - £500
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902) Sheep in the Snow signed lower right 'T. Sidney. Cooper.' and dated 1862 watercolour 24 x 30cm
Cheffins
Sep. 18, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA (British, 1803-1902) An extensive rural river landscape with cattle, sheep and figures with a horse and dog, a village and rolling hills beyond signed lower right 'T Sidney Cooper' and dated 1868 oil on canvas 91.5 x 152.5cm Exhibited: Probably, the one hundredth exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1868, no. 259, as 'In the Meadows, East Kent' Provenance: Melbourn Bury, where listed in records of 1888 as 'Sydney Cooper, Canterbury Meadows', Thence by descent
Cheffins
Sep. 08, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper
Est: €360 - €720
(1803 Canterbury - 1902 Vernon Holme b. Canterbury) Rastende Schafe Charakteristisches Werk des bekannten Malers mit naturnah und lebendig geschilderter Tierdarstellung unter stimmungsvollem Wolkenspiel. Cooper studierte an der Royal Academy in London und lernte 1827-1830 in Brüssel bei Eugène Verboeckhoven. Wegen der Belgischen Revolution kehrte Cooper nach London zurück, wo er ab 1833 alljährlich in der Royal Academy ausstellte. Hauptsujets waren Schafe und Rinder, die ihm den Beinamen "Cow Cooper" einbrachten. 1845 wurde Cooper zum Associate der Royal Academy (ARA) und 1867 zum Royal Academician (RA) gewählt. Als ältestes Mitglied der Royal Academy of Arts ernannte ihn König Edward VII. 1901 zum Kommandeur des Royal Victorian Order (CVO). Öl/Lwd. (Malwarenhersteller Winsor & Newton, London). L. u. sign. und dat. 1872. 45,8 cm x 35,5 cm. Rahmen. Oil on canvas (Winsor & Newton, London). Signed and dated 1872.
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden
Aug. 08, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Sheep in Coastal Landscape, faintly signed, the mount inscribed T. SIDNEY COOPER, R.A., 1873, oil on canvas, 58.5cm x 74.5cm
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Sheep in Coastal Landscape, faintly signed, the mount inscribed T. SIDNEY COOPER, R.A., 1873, oil on canvas, 58.5cm x 74.5cm
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Jul. 25, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (England, 1803-1902), “Sheep in a Snowy Landscape - 1859"., Watercolor on paper, 13” x 18.5”. Framed.
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER England, 1803-1902 "Sheep in a Snowy Landscape - 1859". Signed lower right "T. Sidney Cooper, R.A.". Titled on label verso for the Fine Art Society Ltd., London.
Eldred's
Jul. 09, 2024
Circle of Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cattle and sheep
Est: £250 - £350
Circle of Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902- Cattle and sheep resting in a landscape, with a town beyond; oil on panel, bears old label inscribed 'a sketch by / Landseer given by the / artist / to Rev A Cliffe / Rectory House / Mallow Co. Cork' attached verso, 17 x 20.9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work resembles the cattle scenes for which Cooper was best known (earning him the epithet Cow Cooper). Like much of Cooper's work, the scene presented here is imbued with an overall sense of tranquility and peace, emphasised by the absence of human figures.
Roseberys
Jul. 04, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (1803 - 1902) "Cows in the Meadow", 19th century
Est: €700 - €1,500
Oil on board. Signed "T. S. Cooper" in the lower left margin. Size: 29.5 x 40.5 cm; Size with frame: 46.3 x 57.2 cm Provenance: Hispano-Mexican Collection.
Subastas Darley
Jul. 03, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper CVO RA (1803 ñ 1902), A pastoral landscape with cattle
Est: £200 - £400
Thomas Sidney Cooper CVO RA (1803 - 1902) A pastoral landscape with cattle Oil on board Signed lower right Dimensions: (Frame) 26 in. (H) x 31 in. (W) (Board) 15 in. (H) x 20 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Jul. 02, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) - Pencil drawing - "York Minster" - street scene with Minster in distance, 4
Est: £25 - £50
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) - Pencil drawing - "York Minster" - street scene with Minster in distance, 4.5ins x 7.125ins, framed and glazed Note: The backboard is inscribed - Thomas Sidney Cooper RA. York Minster. From a sketchbook early 1830s".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jun. 28, 2024
COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY. Kühe am Wasser. Öl auf Leinwand.
Est: €1,000 - €1,200
COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY 1803 Canterbury - 1902 London Kühe am Wasser Öl auf Leinwand. L. u. signiert und datiert 1848. Min. beschädigt. 71,5 x 92,5 cm. Rahmen.
Scheublein Art & Auktionen
Jun. 28, 2024
Follower of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902)
Est: £60 - £80
Follower of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902) Cattle on a woodland edge oil on canvas, unsigned, in a 19th century swept frame 28.5 x 38.7cm.
Martel Maides
Jun. 28, 2024
Follower of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902)
Est: £70 - £100
Follower of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902) Cows on hillside, resting farmers and dog, oil on panel, unsigned, unframed, 36.5 x 50.5cm.
Martel Maides
Jun. 27, 2024
LANDSCAPE WITH A HOUSE.
Est: €100 - €150
Pencil, 10,8 x 14,1 cm, wove paper, signed and dated.
Arenberg Auctions
Jun. 20, 2024
Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-
Est: £700 - £1,000
Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902), Esmeralda and her goat Djali, oil on panel, bears a signature and date middle right, 37 x 46cm. Framed Some old retouching visible under u.v. light. signature seems to lift slightly under light, but good overall appearance.
Ewbank's
Jun. 20, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902). Cattle
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper (British, 1803-1902). Cattle in a landscape, oil on panel, signed and dated 1844 lower right, indistinctly inscribed on old label verso, 35 x 46cm. Framed
Ewbank's
Jun. 19, 2024
ATTR TO THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER FREDERICK RICHARD LEE (BRITISH 1803-1902 - 1798-1879) PASTORAL SCENE
Est: $400 - $600
Attributed to Thomas Sidney Cooper and Frederick Richard Lee (British 1803-1902 - 1798 - 1879) Pastoral Scene Framed Cattle in Summer Pasture, Snowdonia oil on board Bears signature "T.S. Cooper A.P.A F. R. Lee A." lower right Frame: 23.25 x 32" Board: 14.5" x 23" Provenance: Sold: Bonham's London June 13, 2007, Lot1039
Kamelot Auctions
Jun. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), COWS AT PASTURE
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902), British COWS AT PASTURE signed lower right Estimate: $2,500—3,500 CAD
Waddington's
Jun. 13, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER RA (1803-1902) COW AND SHEEP IN A LANDSCAPE
Est: £300 - £500
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER RA (1803-1902) COW AND SHEEP IN A LANDSCAPE Signed Watercolour (34cm x 42.5cm)
Elstob Auctioneers
Jun. 12, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902), LIVESTOCK IN A LANDSCAPE
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803 - 1902)LIVESTOCK IN A LANDSCAPE Oil on canvasSigned and dated '1857' (lower right)44.5 x 60cm (17½ x 23½ in.)Provenance:Sale, Stanworth, 3 February 1995 A Northamptonshire collection, acquired from the above
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Jun. 12, 2024
FOLLOWER OF THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902), SHEEP ON A HEATH
Est: £400 - £600
FOLLOWER OF THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803 - 1902)SHEEP ON A HEATHOil on canvas27 x 40cm (10½ x 15½ in.)Provenance:Sale, Philips, Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Prints, 29th May 1991, lot 183 (as Thomas Sidney Cooper)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Mar. 21, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Watercolour, Cow and sheep within a landscape. 67 cm x 58 cm.
Est: £200 - £300
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) Watercolour, Cow and sheep within a landscape. 67 cm x 58 cm.
Hannam's Auctioneers
Mar. 20, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) In the meadows at curfew hour
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) In the meadows at curfew hour signed and dated 'T.Sidney Cooper RA./1892' (lower left); further signed and inscribed 'N2/T Sidney. Cooper. RA./Vernon Holme. W Canterbury/and/42 Chepstow Villas/Bayswater London' (on label attached to the stretcher) oil on canvas 123 x 183.5cm (48 7/16 x 72 1/4in).
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Sheep and a calf in a stable
Est: £600 - £800
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Sheep and a calf in a stable signed and dated 'T.S.Cooper/1835' (lower left) watercolour over traces of pencil 21 x 28cm (8 1/4 x 11in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Sheep on a hillside
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Sheep on a hillside signed and dated 'T.S.Cooper.ARA/1869' (lower left) oil on panel 35 x 45.8cm (13 3/4 x 18 1/16in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Crossing Newbiggin Moor
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Crossing Newbiggin Moor signed and dated 'T Sidney Cooper ARA/1860' (lower left) oil on panel 35 x 45cm (13 3/4 x 17 11/16in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Cattle at pasture
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Cattle at pasture signed and dated 'T.Sidney Cooper RA/1873' (lower right) oil on canvas 105 x 74cm (41 5/16 x 29 1/8in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Cattle grazing in a meadow
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Cattle grazing in a meadow signed and dated 'T.Sidney.Cooper/RA/1874' (lower right) oil on canvas 75 x 110cm (29 1/2 x 43 5/16in). ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Flock of sheep on a hillside (together with a letter from the artist to the original owner )
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA (British, 1803-1902) Flock of sheep on a hillside signed and dated 'T.Sidney Cooper RA/1876' (lower left) oil on canvas 76.5 x 107cm (30 1/8 x 42 1/8in). together with a letter from the artist to the original owner ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 10, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (UK,1803-1902) oil painting antique
Est: $2,100 - $2,700
ARTIST: Thomas Sidney Cooper (United Kingdom, 1803 - 1902) TITLE: Cattle and Sheep at Rest MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Overall good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 16 x 13 inches / 40 x 33 cm FRAME SIZE: 30 x 27 inches / 76 x 68 cm SIGNATURE: on verso PROVENANCE: Christie's (has old Chrisie's marks on stretcher); Auctioneer Burstow & Hewett, Date 2013-07-24, Lot 83 ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 131060 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Sidney Cooper was born in St Peter's Street in Canterbury, Kent, and as a small child he began to show strong artistic inclinations, but the circumstances of his family did not allow him to receive any systematic training. By the time he was twelve years old, he was working in the shop of a coach painter. Later he obtained a job as a scene painter; and he alternated between these two occupations for about eight years. He still felt a desire to become an artist, and all his spare moments were spent drawing and painting from nature. At the age of twenty he went to London, drew for a while in the British Museum, and was admitted as a student of the Royal Academy.He then returned to Canterbury, where he was able to earn a living as a drawing-master and by the sale of sketches and drawings. In 1827 he settled in Brussels and married; there he met Eugene Joseph Verboeckhoven. Because of the Belgian Revolution he returned to London, and by showing his first picture at the Royal Academy (1833) began an unprecedentedly prolonged career as an exhibitor. When the competition was announced for the decoration for the new Houses of Parliament, to be held at Westminster Hall in 1847, Cooper submitted The Defeat of Kellermann's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers by Somerset's Cavalry Brigade at Waterloo, June 18, 1815, without success. In order to complete the picture, the artist used Siborne's model of the battlefield then on exhibition in London, while a friend in Brussels sent him breastplates worn by the various cavalry regiments, and a trooper of the Life Guards acted as a model.He is mainly associated with pictures of cattle or sheep, a fact that earned him the epithet "Cow Cooper". Cooper collaborated between 1847 and 1870 with Frederick Richard Lee R.A. on several paintings, Lee undertaking the landscapes, and Cooper adding animals to complete the scene. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1845 and Royal Academician (RA) on 22 June 1867. The oldest member of the Royal Academy of Arts at the time of the accession of King Edward VII in 1901, Cooper was in July 1901 received by the King in audience, and appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).He was a great philanthropist in Canterbury, and used some of his wealth to distribute bread and coal to the poor at Christmas. The Alms Houses in Chantry Lane Canterbury are wrongly attributed to him as they were donated by Thomas Sankey Cooper and his brother Henry. Most notably in 1882 he developed his private art lessons into a full-fledged art school in Canterbury, located at his home and studio in St Peter's Street. Originally called the Canterbury Sidney Cooper School of Art, Cooper's art school is still in existence although it is now called the University for the Creative Arts. Amongst Cooper's more well-known students was Mary Tourtel, creator and illustrator of the Rupert Bear books for children.He wrote his reminiscences, under the title of My Life, in 1890. The largest public collection of Cooper paintings is owned by Canterbury City Council and housed at the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury. Examples are also held by the Tate Gallery, London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and other public collections, mainly in Britain.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 05, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER
Est: €7,000 - €9,000
Canterbury, 1803 - Harbledown, 1902 Riposo di mezzogiorno Firmato T Sidney in basso a sinistra Olio su tela, cm 100X150 Reca cartiglio sul retro con titolo, nome dell'autore e data 1899. Provenienza: Italia, collezione privata Thomas Sidney Cooper fu uno dei pittori che ritraeva animali più importanti del periodo vittoriano, i suoi soggetti preferiti erano bovini e ovini entro i paesaggi della sua contea natale nel Kent e nel North Wales. Cooper entrò alla Royal Academy Schools prima di assumere la posizione di insegnante a Bruxelles, dove strinse amicizia con il grande pittore belga Verboeckhoven, che influenzò fortemente il suo stile. Nel 1831 l'artista si stabilì a Londra ed espose il suo primo dipinto a Suffolk Street nel 1833. Ha in seguito esposto quarantotto opere alla British Institution tra il 1833 e il 1863, e il suo Paesaggio con bestiame rimase esposto alla Royal Academy dal 1833 al 1902 senza soluzione di continuità, un record per una mostra alla Royal Academy. Il grande dipinto presente in catalogo ritrae quattro mucche, con un manto pezzato, riposanti sotto l'ombra di alberi frondosi. Sul lato destro, si intravede lo steccato di un recinto, mentre, sulla sinistra, il paesaggio si apre su uno spazio profondo, con altri animali e il profilo di un villaggio in lontananza, sotto un cielo intensamente nuvoloso. La maestria pittorica di Thomas Sidney Cooper si evidenzia, come sempre, negli effetti luminosi prodotti dai riflessi della luce sul pelo degli animali, conferendo loro una solida consistenza realistica e, al contempo, un'atmosfera figurativa bucolica. L'opera è corredata da expertise di Fernando Noris. Bibliografia di riferimento: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Parigi 2010, ad vocem C. Wood, Dizionario dei pittori vittoriani, sl, sd, ad vocem
Wannenes Art Auctions
Feb. 27, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA - Eight sheep in a moorland landscape, probably Canterbury meadow
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Thomas Sidney Cooper, RA, British 1803-1902 Eight sheep in a moorland landscape, probably Canterbury meadow; oil on canvas, signed and dated 'T. Sidney Cooper R.A / 1867' (lower centre), 45.3 x 60.5 cm. Provenance: With The Meyer Gallery, Ingatestone; where purchased by the current owner in 1989. Private Collection, UK. Note: Sidney Cooper was a prolific artist, and arguably the pre-eminent British cattle painter of the 19th century. After initially working in the shop of a coach painter and as a scenery painter, Sidney Cooper travelled to Brussels in 1827, where he encountered the work of Eugène Verboeckhoven (1798-1881), an experience which had an immense influence on Sidney Cooper's own subsequent approach. The present scene, depicting a flock of sheep peacefully grazing on an open landscape, is absolutely typical of Sidney Cooper's compositions, recalling another painting which sold at Bonhams, London, on 21 September 2022 (lot 22) for £6,500, and a smaller work which sold at Bonhams, London, on 22 November 2022 (lot 42) for £2,000.
Roseberys
Feb. 25, 2024
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) England, two antique lithographs, Cows and sheep, both signed and dated 1838, each approx 30.5cm x 45cm (2)
Est: $100 - $150
Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803-1902) England, two antique lithographs, Cows and sheep, both signed and dated 1838, each approx 30.5cm x 45cm (2)
Vickers & Hoad
Feb. 21, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902), LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE (3)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER (BRITISH 1803-1902)LANDSCAPE AND CATTLE, VIEW, BINGLEY GATE, NEAR CANTERBURY Oil on canvasSigned and dated '1883' (lower right)42 x 52.5cm (16½ x 20½ in.)Provenance: Vicars Brothers, LondonSale, Sotheby's, London, Victorian and Edwardian Art, 15 July 2008, lot 75 To be sold together with the catalogue raisonné, Kenneth J. Westwood, Thomas Sidney Cooper, C.V.O., R.A., His Life And Work, David Leathers Publishing, 2011; and Sotheby's sale catalogue of 2008 (3)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Feb. 14, 2024
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER R.A (1803-1902) CATTLE IN A FIELD
Est: £80 - £120
THOMAS SIDNEY COOPER R.A (1803-1902) CATTLE IN A FIELD Signed and dated 1893 Watercolour (12cm x 17cm)
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