Herbert Cooper, Roses Still Life – 1898 oil painting, Dublin
Herbert Cooper, Roses Still Life – 1898 oil painting, Dublin
Herbert Cooper, Roses Still Life – 1898 oil painting, Dublin
Herbert Cooper, Roses Still Life – 1898 oil painting, Dublin

Herbert Cooper Roses Still Life

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An original 1898 oil painting – Herbert Cooper, Roses Still Life.

A sumptuous and elegant floral still life in oil. This is one of a pair that we have for sale, painted in Dublin in 1898 by the porcelain artist Herbert Cooper (1842–1916) (see stock number KC-863). The soft, earthen colour palette and patterned spray of floral heads and buds give the painting a beautifully harmonious quality that is at once understated and confidently decorative.

The painting also tells an interesting story about the beginnings of women's education and employment in late 19th-century Ireland.

Oil painting on canvas on stretchers. Indistinct artists' suppliers stamp on the reverse: 'Piccadilly, London W'. Unframed.

+ Read the Artist Research

Herbert Cooper (1842–1916)

Having trained in Stoke-on-Trent, Herbert Cooper (1842–1916) was employed as a professor at the Queen’s Institute in Dublin. Established in 1861, the Institute was the first technical college for women in Europe. The roots of the institute were in the Society for the Promotion of Employment of Women, founded in England in 1859, which in 1861 had its conference in Dublin. The Queen's Institute received royal patronage from Queen Victoria and was radical in the concept of not only training women in practical arts, but in a vocation that would enable them to work for an independent wage.

In 1869, William Henry Kerr—a significant figure in the development of the pottery works at Worcester and at Belleek Pottery in County Fermanagh—invited Cooper to manage the tuition at the Queen's Institute. In 1873–4, Herbert Cooper formed a brief partnership in Dublin with the celebrated ceramic designer Frederick Vodrey (1845–97). The work of these potters played a key role in the social change in late 19th-century Ireland that led to the beginning of women’s education and recognition of artisans’ rights.

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+ Artwork Details

Dimensions: Height: 24.5cm (9.65") Width: 34.5cm (13.58")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Oil

Age: Late 19th-century

Signed: Signed lower right.

Inscribed: Inscribed lower right: 'Dublin'.

Dated: --

Condition: Overall in good, clean condition with no repairs to the canvas or significant paint loss. Minor wear to the outer margins of the canvas. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: KC-864