Suzanne Cooper

Suzanne Cooper (1916–1992) was a British Modernist painter and wood-engraver.

Work and life Her 1936 oil painting "Royal Albion," at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ), is noted for the "artist's use of simplified blocks of form and colour."

She grew up in Frinton-on-Sea and studied at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London. Between 1935 and 1939, she exhibited her oil-paintings and wood-engravings at the Redfern Gallery, the Zwemmer Gallery, the Wertheim Gallery and the Stafford Gallery, and with the National Society of Painters, Sculptors & Print-Makers and the Society of Women Artists.

In collections The influential collector Lucy Wertheim, in addition to exhibiting her work, bought two of Cooper's oil paintings.

Exhibitions

"Suzanne Cooper: The Rediscovery of a Forgotten Artist," 17–25 March 2018, The Fry Art Gallery Too, Saffron Walden (solo exhibition) "Suzanne Cooper and the art of wood engraving," 2 June - 1 July 2018, Printroom Studio, Suffolk (group exhibition) 'Suzanne Cooper' 1–7 April 2019 - The Morley Gallery, London (solo exhibition)