John Paul Cooper
Other names: J-Paul Cooper
Born 1869
Died 3 May 1933
Active: 1899 - 1928
Country of birth and death: England
Silversmith, jeweller, architect
Born in London. He was a student of the architect, John Dando Sedding. Cooper began silversmithing under the influence of Henry Wilson. Between c.1903-6 he taught at the Central School of Art in Birmingham. After that he moved to Westerham in Kent and established a successful practice, designing and making silver in the arts and crafts tradition. Cooper was an active member of the Art Workers Guild and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.
Wealth at death: £23,279 4s. 5d.
Probate date: 27 June 1933
Works
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Casket in Ebony and Mother of Pearl
Case of jewels, shagreen boxes
Candlesticks, Caskets, String Boxes
Silver, Shagreen, and Coconut Boxes and Bowls
Case of Boxes, Caskets, Cases and Mirrors
Casket
1901 (Presumed)
£21 10s.
Casket
1901 (Presumed)
£15 15s.
Venus
1904 (Presumed)
Silver Chalice
1906 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 16 Aubrey Walk Campden Hill London | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Address Kryle Hall Sheep Street Birmingham | View on map
1904 (Presumed)
Address The Elms Castle Bromwich | View on map
1904 (Circa) - 1906 (Circa)
Address Mariner's Cottage Westerham | View on map
1910 (Presumed)
Address Betsom's Hill Westerham | View on map
1920 (Circa) - 1933
This was his home and studio address
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
'A Casket'
Exhibited at Third Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1901
'Casket in gesso'
Exhibited at Fourth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1904
'Case of Jewellery'
Exhibited at Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1905
'Case of Jewellery'
Exhibited at Sixth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1906
Multiple works
Exhibited at Seventh Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1907
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1908
'Case of Jewellery'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1910
'Case of jewels, shagreen boxes'
Exhibited at Eighth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at Tenth Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1910
'Five bowls'
Exhibited at Twelfth Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1912
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Autumn Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Fifteenth London Exhibition), 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Autumn Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Seventeenth London Exhibition), 1914
'Jewellery'
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Eighteenth London Exhibition), 1915
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-fifth London Exhibition), 1919
'Silver, Shagreen, and Coconut Boxes and Bowls'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Ninth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
'Venus '
Exhibited at The Forty-First Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1906
'Silver Chalice'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1900
'Case of Boxes, Caskets, Cases and Mirrors'
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Fifty-Sixth, 1901
1901
Exhibited at International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1906
1906
Cooper exhibited twelve jewellery and craft objects (undated).
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
Exhibited ten arts and crafts objects: p. 16 (Case 6, 1-10). The artist was living near Maidstone.
Speaker at Modern Metalwork (Art Workers Guild), 1926
Speaker at Bronze Casting (Art Workers Guild), 1928
Speaker at Art in Household Things (Art Workers Guild), 1917
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1906 (Presumed)
Associated with The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1899 (Presumed) - 1919 (Presumed)
Associate member.
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1904 (Presumed) - 1920 (Presumed)
Member of Art Workers Guild
May 1907 (Presumed) - 1933 (Presumed)
Teacher of metal work at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1903 - 1906
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Architect' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Architect' working at home, an employer
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1908, p.3.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1904
1904
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1907
1907
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Rules and List of Members, 1920
1920
p.3.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.70, p.72, p.90, pp.117-118, pp.121-123, p.160, p.243.
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1900
1900
Cat. Nos. II-XX, 1, pp. 1, 23
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2955 folio 115 page 1
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN4025 RG78PN154 RD49 SD2 ED18 SN138
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: John Paul Cooper
Probate Date: 27 Jun 1933
Death Date: 3 May 1933
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: London
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition, 1906
1906
p. 28.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
p. 16.
Citing this record
'John Paul Cooper', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1203036752, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
