George Wilson Cooper b. 25 April 1912

Also known as Wilson, Wilson Cooper
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Wilson Cooper was a man of many parts but principally an accomplished watercolourist, a proficient cartoonist and animator, a capable sculptor and finally, a respected teacher.
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Name
George Wilson Cooper
Also known as:
  • Wilson
  • Wilson Cooper
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher
Birth date
25 April 1912
Birth place
Combs, Suffolk, UK, Coombs, Suffolk, UK
Birth note
Coombs, Suffolk, UK
Death date
15 July 1998
Death place
Brisbane, Qld
Active Period
  • 1930 - 1995
Residence
  • Brisbane, Qld
Training
  • 1927 - 1930 Central Technical College, Brisbane, Qld
Languages
  • English

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Related stub people
  • Roberts, Martyn (associate of)
  • Gamble, Alan (associate of)
  • Bedgoni, Lyndsay (associate of)
  • Euston, Mavis (Mae) Annie (spouse of)
  • Cooper, Margaret (parent of)
  • Cooper, Anne (parent of)
  • Cooper, Marion (parent of)
Related stub person groups
  • Brisbane Art Group, Brisbane, Qld (associate of)
  • Half Dozen Group of Artists (associate of)
  • Marburg Art Group (associate of)
  • Queensland Society of Sculptors (associate of)
Related people
  • Bustard, William (associate of)
  • Cooper, George Wilson (parent of)
Related collections
  • New York Public Library, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • St Jame's Anglican Church, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Redcliffe City Council Collection, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Collection, Museum of Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Kenneth Macqueen Memorial Prize (received)
  • Gympie Centenary Art Prize (received)
  • Johnsonian Art Prize (received)
  • Redcliffe Art Contest (received)
  • Royal National Association (received)
  • Dunlop Art Prize (received)
Related events
  • Wilson Cooper: Fearless before the wind (exhibited at)
  • Pottery by Lyndsay Bedgoni and sculpture by George Wilson Cooper (exhibited at)
  • Pedersen Prize (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Society of Sculptors Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • L. J. Harvey Memorial Prize for Drawing (exhibited at)
  • Autumn exhibition (group) (exhibited at)
  • Wilson Cooper (exhibited at)
  • An exhibition of little pictures by Queensland Artists in aid of the Dr Robert Dalley-Scarlet Memorial Scholarship Fund (exhibited at)
  • Warana-Caltex Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Redcliffe Art Contest (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Artists of Fame and Promise (exhibited at)
  • Dunlop Art Contest (exhibited at)
  • Half Dozen Group of Artists (exhibited at)
  • Wilson Cooper and Alan Gamble (exhibited at)
  • Queensland Centenary Eisteddfod (exhibited at)
  • Brisbane Group of Artists Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Royal Queensland Art Society Exhibition (exhibited at)