Emma Lampert Cooper
| Emma Lampert Cooper | |
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Portrait of Emma Lampert Cooper
by Colin Campbell Cooper |
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| Born |
Emma Esther Lampert February 24, 1855 Nunda, NY |
| Died | June 30, 1920 (aged 65) Pittsford, NY |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Art Students League |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
| Spouse(s) | Colin Campbell Cooper (m. 1897) |
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Emma Lampert Cooper (February 24, 1855 – July 30, 1920) was a painter from Rochester, New York, described as "a painter of exceptional ability". She studied in Rochester, New York; New York City under William Merritt Chase, Paris at the Académie Delécluse and in the Netherlands under Hein Kever. Cooper won awards at several World's Expositions, taught art and was an art director. She met her husband, Colin Campbell Cooper in the Netherlands and the two traveled, painted and exhibited their works together.
Emma Esther Lampert was born in Nunda, New York on February 24, 1855, to Henry and Jenette (Smith) Lampert. That year her father – born in Hanover, Germany – was a tanner and two other German tanners and a servant were living in the house with the family. Emma had an older sister name Mary, younger sisters Carrie and Adella, and a younger brother named Henry. The family lived in Rochester, New York and her father was a leather wholesaler by 1870. Her father registered for the draft for the American Civil War in June 1863. He died June 10, 1880.
She graduated from Wells College in Aurora, New York, in 1875. Cooper was a founding member of the Eastern Association of Wells College alumni.
In 1877, the Rochester Art Club was formed, and Cooper was its first vice president, marking the beginning of a long relationship with the Club. She held the positions of vice president, secretary and president and was a member until 1895. From 1870 to 1886 Cooper had a studio in the historic Powers Building in Rochester, New York. Within Rochester, she had a "notable influence" on the city's art community.
She returned to New York City to study at the Art Students League and Cooper Union, and she studied under William Merritt Chase. Cooper studied in Paris at the Académie Delécluse for 18 months in the mid-1880s and under Hein Kever in the Netherlands in 1891.
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