Arthur Stockdale Cope

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Arthur Stockdale Cope
1908 London Olympics, a programme painted by Arthur Stockdale Cope

Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope,

RA (born 2 November 1857 – 5 July 1940) was a British portraitist.[1]

Biography

Cope was born on 2 November 1857, in

Royal Academy school in 1874.[2]

He married Emily Beatrix Hawtayne on 6 September 1882, and the couple had two sons and a daughter. In 1927, Cope was appointed Knight Commander of the

Royal Academician. He died on 5 July 1940 near Launceston, Cornwall.[2]

Works

Cope's first exhibited a work at the Royal Academy at the age of 19,

Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]

His clever use of fluid paint, striking colour and harsh artificial lighting are well seen in his portrait of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Richards in the National Maritime Museum, London (Greenwich Hospital Collection). His high-profile works and successful style won him many honours: in 1900 he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters; in 1910 he was elected Royal Academician; and in 1917 he was knighted.[4] In addition to his busy painting practice, Cope established an art school in South Kensington and Vanessa Bell (1879–1961) was among his pupils.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cope, Arthur Stockdale". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 382.
  2. ^
    OCLC 56568095.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link
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  3. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.107194
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  4. ^ "Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

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