William Sidney Cooper
English, 1854-1927

William Sidney Cooper trained with his Great-Uncle Thomas  Sidney Cooper at his School of Art in Canterbury, England. He became a successful artist exhibiting at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, and the Royal Watercolour Society.

Cooper married in 1882, and in 1890 moved to Herne Bay in Kent, where he remained for the rest of his life. As well as painting  professionally, he was a keen golfer and liked to play tennis and bowl. He was also a musician and took part in local musical events. He built many houses in and around Canterbury, the best known being Alcroft Grange; where the dreaded Podgers lived for a while.

Much of Cooper’s work reflects the countryside around Herne Bay and often contain cattle, which were his specialty, and sheep as in his Great Uncle’s work. He died in 1927 and is buried in the churchyard at Eddington, Kent.