Cooper, Alice, 1875-1937
Person
Biography
American sculptor born in Iowa and raised in Denver, Colorado. Studied with Preston Powers in Denver and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1904 won a competition to create a bronze statue of Sacajawea, the Shoshone woman who accompanied the Lewis and Clarke Expedition. See Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West: a Biographical Dictionary, American Studies Series (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998), 54-55.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Cooper, Alice
File — Box SC125 Box 4: Series 2 [Barcode: U185012644690], Folder: 3
Identifier: Sub-series 1.1
Subseries Scope and Content
From the Sub-Series:
The Artists Files subseries contains information related to the artist and their works includes photographs, programs, articles and correspondence used in research for specific artists within the collection.
Dates:
1777 - 2009