Ink, pastel and watercolour, 28 × 20cm
Eileen Cooper is a painter and printmaker with a strong commitment to figuration. Sometimes described as a magic realist, she brings an unapologetically female perspective to her subject-matter, which encompasses sexuality, motherhood, life and death. Drawing from life is at the core of Eileen’s practice, but fantastical elements - such as tigers in the studio – often find their way into her work.
This vibrant, framed study on paper features one of the artist’s distinctive female figures. Sitting contemplatively, she is pictured by a window (or is it a framed painting?) which frames a magical night sky, complete with crescent moon.
Studying first at Goldsmiths College (1971-74) and then at the Royal College of Art (1974-77) Eileen went on to teach at a wide range of art schools including St Martin’s, the Royal College of Art, City & Guilds in London and latterly at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 2000 she was elected a Royal Academician. From 2010-17 Cooper served as Keeper of the Royal Academy, becoming the first woman to be elected to this role since the RA began in 1768. She was made an Officer of the British Empire in 2016.
Originally from the Peak District, Cooper has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Tate Gallery; the Arts Council Collection; the British Museum; the Royal Collection; Victoria & Albert Museum; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg; Walpole Library and Yale University.
Most recently, her work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, in the Academician’s Room at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and in a joint exhibition at Turner’s House, London.
Ink, pastel and watercolour, 28 × 20cm
Eileen Cooper is a painter and printmaker with a strong commitment to figuration. Sometimes described as a magic realist, she brings an unapologetically female perspective to her subject-matter, which encompasses sexuality, motherhood, life and death. Drawing from life is at the core of Eileen’s practice, but fantastical elements - such as tigers in the studio – often find their way into her work.
This vibrant, framed study on paper features one of the artist’s distinctive female figures. Sitting contemplatively, she is pictured by a window (or is it a framed painting?) which frames a magical night sky, complete with crescent moon.
Studying first at Goldsmiths College (1971-74) and then at the Royal College of Art (1974-77) Eileen went on to teach at a wide range of art schools including St Martin’s, the Royal College of Art, City & Guilds in London and latterly at the Royal Academy of Arts. In 2000 she was elected a Royal Academician. From 2010-17 Cooper served as Keeper of the Royal Academy, becoming the first woman to be elected to this role since the RA began in 1768. She was made an Officer of the British Empire in 2016.
Originally from the Peak District, Cooper has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Tate Gallery; the Arts Council Collection; the British Museum; the Royal Collection; Victoria & Albert Museum; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg; Walpole Library and Yale University.
Most recently, her work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, in the Academician’s Room at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and in a joint exhibition at Turner’s House, London.
