Suzanne Cooper Explained

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

Notes and References

1. News: A Suzanne Cooper Retrospective in Saffron Walden. 2018-05-03.
2. News: Royal Albion. Auckland Art Gallery. 2018-05-03. en.
3. Web site: ABOUT. Suzanne Cooper. en-US. 2018-05-03.
4. Web site: ABOUT. Suzanne Cooper. en-US. 2018-05-03.
5. News: The fascinatingly strange paintings of forgotten artist Suzanne Cooper. Hughes-Hallett. Lucy. 2018-03-18. The Telegraph. 2018-05-03. en-GB. 0307-1235.
6. Web site: Fry Gallery - Exhibitions & events - Event. www.fryartgallery.org. 2018-05-03.
7. Web site: Exhibitions Print Room Studio. www.printroom.studio. en-GB. 2018-05-03.