Alfred Egerton Cooper

rdf:langString Alfred Egerton Cooper

rdf:langString Alfred Egerton Cooper

rdf:langString Alfred Egerton Cooper

rdf:langString Chelsea, London, England

rdf:langString Tettenhall, England

rdf:langString Newsprint photograph of a middle-aged man with a long face, short hair and moustache

rdf:langString Alfred Egerton Cooper, 1934

rdf:langString Portraits of George VI, Winston Churchill, Barnes Wallis; paintings of airships

rdf:langString Impressionist, traditional

rdf:langString Alfred Ernest Egerton Cooper (5 July 1883 – 11 May 1974), RBA, ARCA, was a British painter of portraits, landscapes and other figurative work. In the era of Modernism, he continued to work in traditional style from his studio in Chelsea, London. Cooper was an artist of modest origins who attended the Royal Academy Schools then became a scholarship student at the Royal College of Art. He lost most of the sight of one eye due to chlorine gas in the First World War. However, as the war ended, he was promoted to captain and official war artist of the RAF. After producing military paintings of aircraft and RAF personnel, he went on to paint King George VI, Winston Churchill and Barnes Wallis, besides various earls and other worthies. He was a teacher of art, he restored old paintings, and he produced sporting pictures, murals and paintings for illustrated newspapers. He took part in the painting event in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics. His work is held in numerous collections, such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Imperial War Museum, the Guildhall Art Gallery and the Parliamentary Art Collection. Cooper was married with one son and lived most of his life in London, where he was president of Chelsea Art Society. He was said to be "one of Chelsea's oldest and best-loved artists".