Portrait of Emma Lampert Cooper
ca. 1897
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Colin Campbell Cooper
United States
(Philadelphia, PA, 1856 - 1937, Santa Barbara, CA)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Oil on canvas
Credit Line:
Virginia Jeffrey Smith Fund
Accession Number:
2002.18
Location: Not currently on view
This portrait is thought to have been painted around the time of the artist’s marriage to fellow painter Emma Lampert in 1897. Colin Campbell Cooper also painted the Gallery’s Main Street Bridge, Rochester. Emma, a Nunda native, attended Wells College in Aurora, New York, and the Art Students League. She taught at Mechanics Institute, RIT’s predecessor, in the early years of the 20th century, and was an active member of the Rochester Art Club. She and her husband were intrepid travelers, and they painted scenes throughout Europe and as far afield as India.
[Gallery label text, 2004]