The National Gallery of Jamaica pay tribute to the celebrated visual artist Cecil Cooper (b. Hanover, Jamaica, 1946 – 2016), and extend their sincerest condolences to Cecil Cooper’s wife Rose, his children, other members of his family, and his many friends.
Cecil Cooper at his studio in November 2015 (Donnette Ingrid Zacca photograph)
The National Gallery of Jamaica has received the sad news of the passing of the renowned Jamaican painter, singer, and art educator Cecil Harvey Cooper, CD, on the morning of September 15, 2016.
Cecil Cooper was born in the parish of Hanover, Jamaica, in 1946 and was one of the first graduates, in 1966, of the full-time diploma that had been introduced at the Jamaica School of Art under the directorship of Barrington Watson. He also lived in the USA, where he studied and obtained a BFA and, later, an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Cecil Cooper in 1981 became the head of the painting department of his alma mater, the Jamaica School of Art, which is now part of the Edna Manley College. He continued in that position until his retirement…
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