116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
Cooper studied at Columbia University in New York.
9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Cooper had one year of training at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, United States.
116th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10027, USA
Cooper studied at Columbia University in New York.
9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Cooper had one year of training at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, United States.
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1962
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1967
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1980
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1983
(Mario Cooper Illustrating Agatha Christie.)
Mario Cooper Illustrating Agatha Christie.
1937
(From "The Flower Illusion" in the 26 April 1941 Collier's...)
From "The Flower Illusion" in the 26 April 1941 Collier's magazine.
1941
(A Collier's magazine illustration, 11 October 1941. )
A Collier's magazine illustration, 11 October 1941.
1941
("Murder in Retrospect", Collier's magazine, 24 October 1941.)
"Murder in Retrospect", Collier's magazine, 24 October 1941.
1941
("Patience", Esquire magazine.)
"Patience", Esquire magazine.
1948
Mario Cooper was born on November 26, 1905 in Mexico City, Mexico. He was the son of Louis Rodrigo and Maria (Garfias Hidalgo y Costilla) Cooper. He came to the United States in 1915, when his father brought the family to the United States to avoid threats of the escalating Mexican revolution, and was raised in Los Angeles.
Cooper had one year of training at the Otis College of Art and Design and the Chouinard Art Institute, both in Los Angeles, United States. Ultimately he studied at Columbia University and the Grand Central School of Art in New York.
Cooper worked as a Staff artist for advertisement companies in Dallas and San Francisco.
In the 1930s he was teaching advertising art and illustration at Columbia University and other schools in New York City. During this time he was also a freelance artist and is said to charge high prices for his drawings and paintings from his major commercial clients.
Mario Cooper taught illustration at Pratt Institute when the world was recovering from World War II.
In later life, he became an Art consultant the United States Air Force, and President of the United States committee of the International Association of Plastic Arts.
In addition, Cooper was an author and his first book, Flower Painting in Watercolor, was released in 1962. He also produced four other guides for beginning artists, including his last two volumes, Watercolor by Design (1980) and The Art of Drapery: Styles and Techniques for Artists (1983). Besides, Cooper also illustrated dozens of novels by such major writers as Agatha Christie, Quentin Reynolds, and others.
Mario Cooper was a highly regarded illustrator, fine artist, and author. Cooper’s illustrations appeared over the years in magazines like Collier’s, Esquire, and Cosmopolitan.
Besides, during his career he won a number of prizes, including the National Academy of Design prize, Friedrichs Prize, Samuel B. Morse Medal, and Greathouse Medal.
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(From "The Flower Illusion" in the 26 April 1941 Collier's...)
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("Murder in Retrospect", Collier's magazine, 24 October 1941.)
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(A Collier's magazine illustration, 11 October 1941. )
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(Mario Cooper Illustrating Agatha Christie.)
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("Patience", Esquire magazine.)
1948Beggars All
Mario Ruben Cooper was a member of the Society of Illustrators, the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society, and the Audubon Society. Besides, he was president of the American Watercolor Society from 1959 to 1986.
Mario Ruben Cooper married Aileen Whetstine on February 26, 1927. They had two children, Vincent and Patricia.
The couple divorced in April 1964, and Mario Cooper married G. Dale Meyers in October 1964.
