Lot 1089: Olive Ray Long Cooper (American/Louisiana, b.

Olive Ray Long Cooper (American/Louisiana, b. 1896), "Weeping Willow", oil on canvas, signed lower left, 26 in. x 29 in., in a period giltwood frame. Note: In 1928, Olive Cooper became Director of the Art Department at Northwestern State College in Natchitoches. An accomplished artist, educator and lecturer, she exhibited regionally with New Orleans Art Association, Southern States Art League and Natchitoches Federal Women's Club. In the colorful painting of a "Weeping Willow" along the banks of the Cane River, Cooper used lively expressionistic brushwork. Cooper was the younger sister of Huey Long.