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William Sydney Cooper. "Near Fordwich, Kent" . Large Oil Painting Landscape.
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William Sydney Cooper. "Near Fordwich, Kent" . Large Oil Painting Landscape.

1900 - 1920
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Artist: William Sydney Cooper.( 1854-1927)

Title: 'Near Fordwich, Kent''.

Signed. and dated 1901.

Inscribed verso with title on the top stretcher.

Oil on canvas.

Size: 20'' x 36''. Framed size: 25''x 41''.

Please note: The pair to this painting can be located at SA1198655.

A very good large oil painting by William Sydney Cooper.

Now painting and frame cleaned. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

For more info please contact us at: Tel: 01677 424830 Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Website: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk

Trade enquiries welcome.

William Sidney Cooper was a British landscape artist, best known for his paintings of the countryside around Herne Bay in Kent where he lived with his wife for many years.

William trained with his Great-Uncle Thomas Sidney Cooper at his School of Art in Canterbury and became a successful artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists (Suffolk Street galleries, London) and the Royal Watercolour Society.

Much of Cooper''s landscapes contain cattle (which were his speciality) and also sheep, as in his Great Uncle''s work. He died in 1927 and is buried in the churchyard at Eddington, Kent.

Physical Dimensions
Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
104cm (40.94")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
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William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Sheep Landscape Painting to the 1900s.

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Description
Artist: William Sydney Cooper.( 1854-1927)

Title: 'Near Fordwich, Kent''.

Signed. and dated 1901.

Inscribed verso with title on the top stretcher.

Oil on canvas.

Size: 20'' x 36''. Framed size: 25''x 41''.

fig 1. An oil painting depicting a flock of sheep resting in a green Kentish pastoral landscape under a cloudy blue sky.
fig 1. William Sydney Cooper. "Near Fordwich, Kent" . Large Oil Painting Landscape.

Please note: The pair to this painting can be located at SA1198655.

A very good large oil painting by William Sydney Cooper.

Now painting and frame cleaned. In very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

fig 2. An oil painting depicting a flock of sheep resting in a green Kentish pastoral landscape under a cloudy blue sky.
fig 2. William Sydney Cooper. "Near Fordwich, Kent" . Large Oil Painting Landscape.

For more info please contact us at: Tel: 01677 424830 Mob: 07885 175279

Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Website: wgreenwoodfineart.co.uk

Trade enquiries welcome.

William Sidney Cooper was a British landscape artist, best known for his paintings of the countryside around Herne Bay in Kent where he lived with his wife for many years.
William Greenwood Fine Art
fig 3. An oil painting depicting a flock of sheep resting in a green Kentish pastoral landscape under a cloudy blue sky.
fig 3. William Sydney Cooper. "Near Fordwich, Kent" . Large Oil Painting Landscape.

William trained with his Great-Uncle Thomas Sidney Cooper at his School of Art in Canterbury and became a successful artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists (Suffolk Street galleries, London) and the Royal Watercolour Society.

Much of Cooper''s landscapes contain cattle (which were his speciality) and also sheep, as in his Great Uncle''s work. He died in 1927 and is buried in the churchyard at Eddington, Kent.

Height
64cm (25.20")
Width
104cm (40.94")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Antique Sheep Landscape Painting to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1198872
Dealers Internal Ref
wgp
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British pastoral landscape paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries typically feature rural scenery, livestock such as sheep or cattle, and realistic depictions of natural atmospheric light across countryside settings.

Artists primarily used oil pigments bound with drying oils applied onto stretched flax canvas or timber panels, often framed in gilded moulded wood.

Authentic works from this period usually feature period-appropriate signatures, natural craquelure throughout the paint layers, era-specific canvas stretchers, and age-related darkening on the reverse.

Position the artwork as a focal point above a mantelpiece, sideboard, or console table in traditional, country house, or eclectic contemporary settings.

Keep the painting away from direct sunlight, extreme humidity, and direct heat sources, while dusting gently with a dry, soft brush rather than liquid cleaners.
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