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1906 Salt Lake City, Utah - 1999. Known for: Portrait, landscape, and coastal view painting.
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon Cope became a portrait and landscape painter and teacher in Utah and later in California. Much of his reputation was linked to the pre-World War II WPA program,... Read full biography
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon Cope became a portrait and landscape painter and teacher in Utah and later in California. Much of his reputation was linked to the pre-World War II WPA program, which boosted the careers of many 'starving' artists. In Utah, he studied with A.B. Wright, 1916 to... Read full biography
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon Cope became a portrait and landscape painter and teacher in Utah and later in California. Much of his reputation was linked to the pre-World War II WPA program, which boosted the careers of many 'starving' artists. In Utah, he studied with A.B. Wright, 1916 to 1923; La Conte Stewart; and in Arizona, 1923-1924, with Lawrence Squires. From 1924 to 1928, he traveled in Europe where he studied the Old Masters in museums in England, France Switzerland, Italy,... Read full biography
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon Cope became a portrait and landscape painter and teacher in Utah and later in California. Much of his reputation was linked to the pre-World War II WPA program, which boosted the careers of many 'starving' artists. In Utah, he studied with A.B. Wright, 1916 to 1923; La Conte Stewart; and in Arizona, 1923-1924, with Lawrence Squires. From 1924 to 1928, he traveled in Europe where he studied the Old Masters in museums in England, France Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Holland. He spent the last year, 1928, as a student at the Julian Academy in Paris. Returning to Utah, he became head of the art department in 1931 at Latter Day Saints University and also held other teaching positions in Utah including with... Read full biography
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gordon Cope became a portrait and landscape painter and teacher in Utah and later in California. Much of his reputation was linked to the pre-World War II WPA program, which boosted the careers of many 'starving' artists. In Utah, he studied with A.B. Wright, 1916 to 1923; La Conte Stewart; and in Arizona, 1923-1924, with Lawrence Squires. From 1924 to 1928, he traveled in Europe where he studied the Old Masters in museums in England, France Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Holland. He spent the last year, 1928, as a student at the Julian Academy in Paris. Returning to Utah, he became head of the art department in 1931 at Latter Day Saints University and also held other teaching positions in Utah including with the Mountain School of Art and the Art Barn School, which he served as Director. He did numerous po... Read full biography
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Keywords (26)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •National Parks and/or State Parks
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arizona Before 1945
- •Europe
- •Grand Canyon, Arizona
Art Teacher
- •Alma Brockerman Wright
- •Le Conte Stewart
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Salt Lake Art Center School/Art Barn-Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Alice Art Collection, Utah
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons