William Brown Cooper

William Brown Cooper
Born	1811 Smith County, Tennessee
Died	1900 Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nationality	American
Education	National Academy Museum and School
Occupation	Painter
Relatives	Washington Bogart Cooper (brother)

William Brown Cooper (1811–1900) was an American painter.

William Brown Cooper was born in 1811 near Carthage in Smith County, Tennessee. His brother was the painter Washington Bogart Cooper (1802–1888). He was educated at the National Academy Museum and School in New York City as well as in Paris and Rome for three years.

Back in the United States, he started his career as a painter, and was active in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Little Rock, Arkansas, Natchez, Mississippi and Tennessee. In 1853, he painted a painting entitled Out of State. He had a studio in Memphis, Tennessee for fifteen years. Later, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Eventually, he settled in Chattanooga in 1885.

He often signed his paintings the same way as his brother did, and he had a similar style, thus making it hard to know who painted which painting. However, one clue to distinguish their paintings is that he painted more portraits of children, and was more opulent in his choice of colors and painting material.

His portrait, painted by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel (1823–1909), is owned by Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

He died in 1900 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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