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George Victor Cooper

George Victor Cooper (1810 - 1878) was active/lived in New York, California.  George Cooper is known for Topographic townscape, portrait and genre painting.

George Victor Cooper was a landscape and portrait painter, sculptor, lithographer, and cameo cutter. As early as 1835-36, he had moved from New Jersey to New York City and remained there until 1849, but eventually went west to California.

By 1851, Cooper returned to New York City and worked there until his death. In 1865 he painted a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.

Source:
Groce and Wallace, "The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America"

Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"   ...  [Displaying 527 of 1086 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for George Victor Cooper


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Cameo Portrait, Cameo Cutting
  • Cartography, Mapmaking, Globes, Topography
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt Subject
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
  • Birdseye Town, Early Settlement View
  • Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
  • North American/Canadian Frontier, Pioneers
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Alaska Before 1940
  • California Before 1940
  • Northern California Before 1900
Chronology
  • Early 19th Century Before Civil War
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
  • Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York

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