Cooper, Oswald Bruce, 1879-1940

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Chicago lettering artist, advertising designer and type designer; creative partner of the firm of Bertsch & Cooper, 1913-1940.

Cooper was educated at the Frank Holme School in Chicago. He is best known for his Cooper Black and Cooper Bold typefaces, among the most successful advertising types of the twentieth century. He was a founding member of the 27 Chicago Designers and of the Society of Typographic Arts, which produced a retrospective tribute to him, The Book of Oz Cooper, in 1949.

From the description of Oswald Bruce Cooper papers, 1913-1940. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34997719

Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. corporateBody
associatedWith Bertsch & Cooper. corporateBody
associatedWith DaBoll, Raymond F. person
associatedWith McArthur, Richard N. person
associatedWith Skaggs, Charles E. person
associatedWith Underwood, Muriel. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Illinois--Chicago
Subject
Advertising layout and typography
Calligraphy
Cooper Black type
Cooper Bold type
Designers
Type and type-founding
Type designers
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Birth 1879-03-13

Death 1940-12-17

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