Biografie von Margaret M. COOPER (1874-1965)

Birth place: Terryville, CT

Addresses: New Britain, CT/Old Lyme, CT

Profession: Painter

Studied: ASL; NAD with Guy Wiggins; PAFA, at Chester Springs, PA; Henry B. Snell; C. Woodbury; Pratt Inst. with Dwight Tryon; R. Brackman.

Exhibited: NAD, 1925-33; PAFA, 1927, 1930; Corcoran Gal, 1928; AIC; NAWA; Allied Artists; Lyme AA; Palm Beach Lg. of Artists; CAFA; New Haven PCC (prize); Milch Gal., NYC (solo); Salons of Am.

Member: NAC; NAWA; AFA; Allied Artists; Lyme AA; Palm Beach Lg. of Artists; CAFA; New Haven PCC

Work: Smith College, MA; New Britain (CT) Mus. Am. Art; Lyman Allyn Mus., New London, CT; Packer Inst., Brooklyn

Comments: Old Lyme School artist noted for her impressionist landscapes. Also painted in Honolulu; Nassau; Jamaica; and Nova Scotia. There is some conflict over her birth year and place.

Sources: WW40; WW40 (gives birth date as March 4, 1874, place as Terryville, CT); info. courtesy New Britain Mus. Am. Art gives birth date as March 4, 1874, place as Terryville, CT; an undated clipping from the Florence Griswold Mus. artist files gave birth date as March 4, 1872 and birthplace as New York City.; see also Charles Woodbury and His Students;