Augustus Koopman
The Curious Spectators - Homecoming From Baptism
ca. 1910
Oil on canvas
H. 200 x L. 200 cm
Signed AUGUSTUS KOOPMAN (lower right)
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Augustus Koopman painted landscapes and heart-warming compositions. He was also a talented engraver and designer. Koopman began his studies in Philadelphia (US) , but chose to continue his artistic training...
Augustus Koopman painted landscapes and heart-warming compositions. He was also a talented engraver and designer.
Koopman began his studies in Philadelphia (US), but chose to continue his artistic training in Europe and settled in Paris, where he met the famous William Bouguereau (1825-1905) and Tony Robert-Fleury (1837-1911). The American Art Association in Paris awarded his work twice: the second "Prix Wanamcker" (1898) and the first "Prix Clark" (1899). He exhibited in the Salon du Société des Artistes Français in Paris in 1899, 1905, 1908 and 1910.
Koopman also won a bronze and silver medal for his decorations at the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1900) and another bronze medal in Buffalo (1901).Exhibitions
This painting was exhibited at the Salon du Société des Artistes Français in Paris in 1910. In the catalog, this painting was listed under no. 1067.Literature
Bénézit, E.; Société des Artistes Français, Catalogue illustré du Salon de 1910, Paris: Édition Baschet.