Marilou Alston Rudulph collection, 1953-1972.

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Marilou Alston Rudulph collection, 1953-1972.

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The collection consists of Mrs. Rudolph's article "George Cooke (1793-1849) and his paintings," notes concerning this article and a notebook on Cooke. There is also a checklist of Cooke's paintings, receipts for copies of some of his works, and 87 reproductions of Cooke's paintings. The collection also contains reproductions of correspondence, biographical material on George Cooke, the wills of Cooke and his wife, Cooke's sketch book, and some of Cooke's writings.

2.5 linear feet.

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Cooke, G. (George), 1793-1849

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George Cooke typified the ambitious American painter of the early nineteenth century. He began his artistic career as a self-taught itinerant painter in northern Virginia; in 1826 he went to Europe. His exposure to the old masters of the Renaissance and baroque periods encouraged him to try his hand at history painting and landscapes while continuing to derive his livelihood from portraiture. His best-known painting is, "Interior of St. Peters Rome," in the Chapel of the University of Georgia. ...

Rudulph, Marilou Alston.

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Born in eastern Maryland in 1793, Cooke taught himself to paint in the flat, linear manner often found in American art in the early decades of the nineteenth century. By the early 1820s he was executing portraits in Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia. His first formal training was with Charles Bird King (1785-1862)... In 1826 Cooke and his wife, Maria Heath, left America and spent six years in Italy, England, and France. There he copied classical sculpture, prints after Greek and Roman art,...