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Emma Lampert Cooper
Emma Lampert Cooper (February 24, 1855 – July 30, 1920) was a painter from Rochester, New York, described as "a painter of exceptional ability". She studied in Rochester, New York, in New York City under William Merritt Chase, Paris at the Académie Delécluse and in the Netherlands under Hein Kever. Cooper won awards at several World's Expositions, taught art and was an art director. She met her husband, Colin Campbell Cooper in the Netherlands and the two traveled, painted and exhibited their works together.
Emma Esther Lampert was born in Nunda, New York, on February 24, 1855, to Henry and Jenette (Smith) Lampert. That year her father – born in Hanover, Germany – was a tanner and two other German tanners and a servant were living in the house with the family. Emma had an older sister name Mary, younger sisters Carrie and Adella, and a younger brother named Henry. The family lived in Rochester, New York and her father was a leather wholesaler by 1870. Her father registered for the draft for the American Civil War in June 1863. He died June 10, 1880.
Emma graduated from Wells College in Aurora, NY, in 1875. Classes at that time were very small and college life was centered around Old Main. The students lived in pairs in Old Main. Cooper was a founding member of the eastern association of Wells College Alumni. Her classmates remember Emma as being a fine skater, who once skated across Cayuga Lake. She did it at much surprise and worry of the college staff. Following her skating episode, Emma drove across the lake with a horse and cutter. It was the first time a horse and cutter made it across the lake in Aurora.
1877 The Rochester Club was formed, and Cooper was its vice president, marking the beginning of a long relationship with the club. She held the positions of vice president, secretary, and president and was a member until 1895. From 1870 to 1886, Cooper had a studio in the historic power buildings in Rochester, NY. Within Rochester, she had a "notable influence" on the city's art community. She then returned to New York City to study at the Art Students League and Cooper Union under William Merritt Chase. Cooper studied in Paris at the Académie Delécluse for 18 months in the mid-1880s and under Hein Kever in the Netherlands in 1891.
From 1891 to 1893, Cooper taught painting and was the Art Director at the Clifton Springs, NY, foster school opened between 1876 and 1885. From 1893 to 1897, Cooper taught at the Mechanic's Institute of The Rochester Institute of Technology.
In 1897, while working and living in Dordrecht, she met painter Colin Campbell Cooper. They married on June 9, 1897, in Rochester, New York. The couple traveled abroad between 1898 and 1902, living in the Laren artist colony in the Netherlands for one year. Then, they primarily lived in New York City, and also traveled extensively to Europe and her hometown, Rochester. They were in India in 1913, reputedly both having been commissioned by a patroness from the United States to create paintings. The works from that trip were exhibited in Rochester, New York in 1915. Because of her work in the United States and abroad, she was considered knowledgeable of the international art community.
Her subjects were primarily still life and landscapes from her travels. She closed her Rochester studio in 1886 and traveled to Paris. In 1887 she exhibited Hillside at Picardy at the Paris Salon. For her painting Breadwinner, Cooper was given an award at the Chicago's World's Fair in 1893 and the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in 1895. Cooper was awarded a gold medal at the 1902 American Art Society exhibition in Philadelphia. She exhibited oil and watercolor paintings at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 and won a bronze medal for a Weaving Homespun and another bronze medal. Her works were exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Cooper's paintings were exhibited with her husband' in shows in Rochester, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, and Buffalo between 1902 and 1910. In 1915 she showed paintings of India alongside works by Alice Schille, Adelaide Deming and Helen Watson Phelps in New York.
A woman who followed the advice of these etiquette books to look, smell, feel, and "think" like a flower attained femininity by becoming a human flower for the aesthetic consumption of others.
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Emma Lampert Cooper
Emma Lampert Cooper (February 24, 1855 – July 30, 1920) was a painter from Rochester, New York, described as "a painter of exceptional ability". She studied in Rochester, New York, in New York City under William Merritt Chase, Paris at the Académie Delécluse and in the Netherlands under Hein Kever. Cooper won awards at several World's Expositions, taught art and was an art director. She met her husband, Colin Campbell Cooper in the Netherlands and the two traveled, painted and exhibited their works together.
Emma Esther Lampert was born in Nunda, New York, on February 24, 1855, to Henry and Jenette (Smith) Lampert. That year her father – born in Hanover, Germany – was a tanner and two other German tanners and a servant were living in the house with the family. Emma had an older sister name Mary, younger sisters Carrie and Adella, and a younger brother named Henry. The family lived in Rochester, New York and her father was a leather wholesaler by 1870. Her father registered for the draft for the American Civil War in June 1863. He died June 10, 1880.
Emma graduated from Wells College in Aurora, NY, in 1875. Classes at that time were very small and college life was centered around Old Main. The students lived in pairs in Old Main. Cooper was a founding member of the eastern association of Wells College Alumni. Her classmates remember Emma as being a fine skater, who once skated across Cayuga Lake. She did it at much surprise and worry of the college staff. Following her skating episode, Emma drove across the lake with a horse and cutter. It was the first time a horse and cutter made it across the lake in Aurora.
1877 The Rochester Club was formed, and Cooper was its vice president, marking the beginning of a long relationship with the club. She held the positions of vice president, secretary, and president and was a member until 1895. From 1870 to 1886, Cooper had a studio in the historic power buildings in Rochester, NY. Within Rochester, she had a "notable influence" on the city's art community. She then returned to New York City to study at the Art Students League and Cooper Union under William Merritt Chase. Cooper studied in Paris at the Académie Delécluse for 18 months in the mid-1880s and under Hein Kever in the Netherlands in 1891.
From 1891 to 1893, Cooper taught painting and was the Art Director at the Clifton Springs, NY, foster school opened between 1876 and 1885. From 1893 to 1897, Cooper taught at the Mechanic's Institute of The Rochester Institute of Technology.
In 1897, while working and living in Dordrecht, she met painter Colin Campbell Cooper. They married on June 9, 1897, in Rochester, New York. The couple traveled abroad between 1898 and 1902, living in the Laren artist colony in the Netherlands for one year. Then, they primarily lived in New York City, and also traveled extensively to Europe and her hometown, Rochester. They were in India in 1913, reputedly both having been commissioned by a patroness from the United States to create paintings. The works from that trip were exhibited in Rochester, New York in 1915. Because of her work in the United States and abroad, she was considered knowledgeable of the international art community.
Her subjects were primarily still life and landscapes from her travels. She closed her Rochester studio in 1886 and traveled to Paris. In 1887 she exhibited Hillside at Picardy at the Paris Salon. For her painting Breadwinner, Cooper was given an award at the Chicago's World's Fair in 1893 and the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in 1895. Cooper was awarded a gold medal at the 1902 American Art Society exhibition in Philadelphia. She exhibited oil and watercolor paintings at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 and won a bronze medal for a Weaving Homespun and another bronze medal. Her works were exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Cooper's paintings were exhibited with her husband' in shows in Rochester, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, and Buffalo between 1902 and 1910. In 1915 she showed paintings of India alongside works by Alice Schille, Adelaide Deming and Helen Watson Phelps in New York.
A woman who followed the advice of these etiquette books to look, smell, feel, and "think" like a flower attained femininity by becoming a human flower for the aesthetic consumption of others.