Gerald Cooper was a painter, sculptor and teacher whose works included children’s portraits, landscapes and horses, but who was noted for his meticulous flowers in the manner of the Dutch Old Masters.

Cooper was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. During World War I he served in the Observer Corps and Royal Flying Corps, afterwards attending West Bromwich Art School. From 1921 Cooper studied at Royal College of Art, where in 1925 he shared the Drawing Prize of the school of painting with Phyllis Dodd. Cooper became principal of Wimbledon School of Art, 1929 until retirement, and was keenly interested in art education. He was a member of the Bray and National Committees on Art Education and was an examiner for the Ministry of Education.

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He was also a member of National Society of Painters and Sculptors, and showed at the New English Art Club, Stacy-Marks in Eastbourne, the Royal Academy extensively until the year of his death and elsewhere in Britain. Lived in London.

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Source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman