The English painter Alfred Heaton Cooper was born in the small town of Halliwall in England into a large but poor family. He was one of six children. His parents were simple mill workers. Nevertheless Cooper achieved a good degree and was able to earn his living as an employee at first.
However, this increase in his living conditions was not enough for the young and vivacious Cooper. He was drawn out of the tranquil small town into the big city of London, which was already the most important place for art and culture in England at that time. He quickly decided to study art with George Clausen. Here he learned how to work with oil and watercolours. His fine sense of colour and light opened up the world of landscape painting, which was to become his artistic home.
But despite his good studies and the hustle and bustle of the big city, Cooper longed for more. He finished his studies prematurely and travelled to cities in Europe and Morocco. Fascinated by the rural lifestyle of the Sogne region and a Norwegian woman named Mathilde, who became his wife a little later, he finally settled in Norway. In the north of Norway he finally moved into a permanent studio on the Balestrand Fjord.
But the cold, the darkness and the hard winter gave him a hard time. Once again Cooper moved away only a few years after his arrival in Norway. After years of travelling and searching, he finally returned to his home country, where he stayed for the rest of his life.
Here he believed to have found a market for his works: Tourism was brisk and Cooper profited from it. The motifs of his watercolours often show the beautiful nature of his homeland or dreamy scenes from the Norwegian fjords. The illustrations that Cooper created for several travel guides were also full of vividness. His son William Heaton Cooper took his father as a model and became a landscape painter as well. The family business founded by the Coopers still exists today. The Heaton Cooper Studio in the town of Grasmere is an art gallery and small shop.
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322112).jpg "Denmark: A Typical Danish Landscape, South Jutland by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Kings Mounds, Upsala by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Gudvangen, Sogne Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Mountains of Romsdal by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319920).jpg "Denmark: Gamla Skagen by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The South Gate, Kings Lynn, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Fritton Lake, Suffolk, A Summer Morning by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Retreat at Naseby: 14th June 1645 by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Tannforsen Waterfall, Are by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322113).jpg "Denmark: Copenhagen, The Amalienborg Palace by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Wherries on the Waveney, Suffolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Cottage by the Sea, Renvyle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324289).jpg "Denmark: Bornholm, Hammerhus Castle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319921).jpg "Denmark: Isle of Moen, Moens Klint by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324287).jpg "Denmark: Skagen, Bathing at Evening by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321520).jpg "Denmark: Kandestederne, A Primitive Hamlet in North Jutland by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321503).jpg "Denmark: Copenhagen, Christiansborg Castle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317535).jpg "Denmark: Helsingor, The")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322110).jpg "Denmark: Bornholm, Osterlars Church by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317539).jpg "Denmark: Viborg Cathedral by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Twelve Pins, Connemara by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Sundsvall, a Great Baltic Timber Port by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Fjaerland, Sogne Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Vadstena Castle, Lake Vattern by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Old Moot Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Abbey Farm, Thetford, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Ancient Walled City of Athenry, County Galway by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Islands in the Baltic, near Stockholm by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319923).jpg "Denmark: Copenhagen, The Marble Bridge by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Sunday at Rattvik, Dalecarlia by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Mirror of the Morning Sky, Killery Harbour by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324290).jpg "Denmark: Gribscoven, The King")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321521).jpg "Denmark: Ribe, A Mediaeval Town in North Slesvig by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494898).jpg "Lake District: The Borrowdale Yews, Evening by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Wroxham Bridge, Norfolk, A Rainy Day by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Moonlight and Lamplight - Consiton Village, from a portfolio of prints from the original watercolours, c.1920 by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "A Watery Sunset, Lough Leane, Killarney by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496729).jpg "Lake District: Raven Crag, Thirlmere by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322108).jpg "Denmark: Frederiksborg Castle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319922).jpg "Denmark: Koldinghus Castle, North Slesvig by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500534).jpg "Lake District: Stepping-stones, Far Easedale, Grasmere by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324288).jpg "Denmark: Helsingor, Kronborg Castle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Midnight Sun over Lake Torne Trask, from Abisko by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322111).jpg "Denmark: Copenhagen, Bernstorf Palace by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "East Dereham, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1505484).jpg "Lake District: Furness Abbey in the Vale of Nightshade by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Skjaeggedalsfos, Hardanger Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "An Old Inn Kitchen, Coniston by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1324285).jpg "Denmark: Aalborg Cathedral, North Jutland by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494902).jpg "Lake District: Windermere from Wansfell, Sunset by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317536).jpg "Denmark: Denmark")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317538).jpg "Denmark: Randers Church, North Jutland by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Gorteen Bay, Connemara by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321522).jpg "Denmark: Raebild Hills, near Aalborg by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Gothenburg, the City by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Croagh Patrick and Clew Bay, Westport, County Galway by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Erriff Valley, County Galway by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1485999).jpg "Lake District: Kirkstone Pass and Brothers")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321502).jpg "Denmark: Bornholm, Ronne Harbour by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1322109).jpg "Denmark: Roskilde Cathedral by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494875).jpg "Lake District: A Mountain Path, Sandwick, Ullswater by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "A Salmon River, Stryn, Nord Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Arild, a Fishing Village near Molle by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Mount Errigal, Gweedore, County Donegal by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Ruins of Borgholm Castle, Oland by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507067).jpg "Lake District: Brougham Castle, Penrith by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Naerdal, from Stalheim, Sogne Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1507838).jpg "Lake District: The Old Post Office, Loweswater by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321501).jpg "Denmark: Silkeborg Lake and Himmelsbjerget by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1052476).jpg "Mells Village, Near Frome by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1506248).jpg "Lake District: Hazy Twilight, Head of Ullswater by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509051).jpg "Lake District: An Old Inn Kitchen, Coniston by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Letterfrack, Connemara by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1503226).jpg "Lake District: Wastwater, from Strands by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Upper Lake, Killarney by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Barton Broad, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321542).jpg "Castlerigg Stone Circle, Cumbria by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Swaffham Market Place, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Royal Palace, Stockholm by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Sheepshearing, Esthwaite Hall Farm, from a portfolio of prints from the original watercolours by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Road to Dugort, Achill Island by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Gap of Dunloe, Killarney by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1060077).jpg "Bristol, from Clifton Observatory by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "The Old Moot Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "A Garden at Leenane, Connemara by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1494897).jpg "Lake District: Grange in Borrowdale, Early Morning by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Geiranger Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1496735).jpg "Lake District: Charcoal-Burners, Coniston Lake by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319976).jpg "Denmark: Fredensborg Palace by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1317537).jpg "Denmark: Tonder, A Mediaeval Town in North Slesvig by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1486009).jpg "Lake District: Sheep-Shearing, Esthwaite Hall Farm by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Cathedral Cliffs, Achill Island by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Norman Tower, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "An Eel-fisher on the Bure, Norfolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "A Norwegian Fjord by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Lavenham Market Cross, Suffolk by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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.jpg "Irish Cottage Life in County Donegal by Alfred Heaton Cooper")
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