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Frank Cadogan Cowper (16 October 1877 – 17 November 1958)"Obituary: Frank Cadogan Cowper"
''The Times'', 20 November 1958. was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical, and literary scenes, described as "The last of the Pre-Raphaelites".Frank Cadogan Cowper (British, 1877-1958)
at ArtMagick.com (Accessed 1 April 2007).
F. C. Cowper online
(Artcyclopedia)
F. C Cowper biography and paintings
(Art Renewal Centre Museum)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowper, Frank Cadogan 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English watercolourists English illustrators Pre-Raphaelite painters Royal Academicians People from West Northamptonshire District 1877 births 1958 deaths Pre-Raphaelite illustrators 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists
Frank Cadogan Cowper (16 October 1877 – 17 November 1958)"Obituary: Frank Cadogan Cowper"''The Times'', 20 November 1958. was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical, and literary scenes, described as "The last of the Pre-Raphaelites".Frank Cadogan Cowper (British, 1877-1958)
at ArtMagick.com (Accessed 1 April 2007).
Life and work
Cowper was born in Wicken, Northamptonshire, son of an author and early pioneer of coastal cruising in yachts,Frank Cowper
Frank Cowper (18 January 18494 – 28 May 1930) was an England, English yachtsman, author and journalist who was influential in popularising single-handed cruising. He has been credited as "the forefather of modern cruising", and his books ...
, and grandson of the rector
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of Wicken. He first studied art at St John's Wood Art School in 1896 and then went on to study at the Royal Academy Schools
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from 1897 to 1902. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1899, and achieved critical success two years later with his ''An Aristocrat answering the Summons to Execution, Paris 1791'' (1901). In 1902, he spent six months studying under Edwin Austin Abbey before travelling to Italy.
He worked in both watercolours
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to ...
and oils
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, and also worked as book illustrator – providing the illustrations for Sir Sidney Lee's ''The Imperial Shakespeare''. He contributed to a mural in the Houses of Parliament
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in 1910 along with Byam Shaw, Ernest Board and Henry Arthur Payne.
As art fashion changed Cowper increasingly exhibited his portrait paintings but still continued to produce historical and literary works.
He retired from London
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to Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
. His ''The Ugly Duckling'' was voted the favourite painting by visitors to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum in 2005.
The record price for a Cowper painting at sale is £469,250 for ''Our Lady of the Fruits of the Earth'' (1917) at Christie's in London on 17 December 2011.''Northampton Chronicle & Echo'', 19 December 2011
Professional memberships
*Royal Watercolour Society
The Royal Watercolour Society is a British institution of painters working in watercolours. The Society is a centre of excellence for water-based media on paper, which allows for a diverse and interesting range of approaches to the medium of wa ...
(Associate 1904, Full member 1911).
* Royal Academy (Associate 1907, Full member 1934).
* Society of Graphic Art (From the early days of the Society, in 1921)
See also
* List of Pre-Raphaelite paintingsReferences
Further reading
*Amanda B. Waterman. ''Frank Cadogan Cowper: the last Pre-Raphaelite'' (University of Washington, 2008).External links
*F. C. Cowper online
(Artcyclopedia)
F. C Cowper biography and paintings
(Art Renewal Centre Museum)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowper, Frank Cadogan 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters English watercolourists English illustrators Pre-Raphaelite painters Royal Academicians People from West Northamptonshire District 1877 births 1958 deaths Pre-Raphaelite illustrators 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists