W.S. Cooper, A Bay Hunter & Groom In A Landscape 1960s Here in this work from

Here in this work from around 1870

returning often to the picturesque environs of Brahetrolleborg

Note the dove

his path led him ultimately to the busy environs of the short-lived Académie Matisse in Paris (Henri Matisse's painting school)

They often survived continual use and

W.S. Cooper, A Bay Hunter & Groom In A Landscape 1960s Here in this work fromThis early 19th century oil painting by English artist W. S. Cooper (act. 1832 1834) depicts a bay hunter and groom in a landscape with a hunt beyond. Once hanging in a proud English country home, this splendid piece from 1832 represents the earliest known work by this little known artist. Its set under a dense sky and within an undulant landscape, punctuated by a wattle fence. Equestrian paintings of this nature were popular with the landed gentry