Emma Lampert Cooper
Emma Lampert Cooper was a painter from Rochester, New York, described as a painter of exceptional ability. She studied in Rochester, New York New York City under William Merritt Chase, Paris at the Acadmie Delcluse and in the Netherlands under Hein Kever. Cooper won awards at several Worlds Expositions, taught art and was an art director. She met her husband, Colin Campbell Cooper in the Netherlands and the two traveled, painted and exhibited their works together.
Emma Esther Lampert was born in Nunda, New York on February 24, 1855, to Henry and Jenette Lampert. That year her father born in Hanover, Germany was a tanner and two other German tanners and a servant were living in the house with the family. Emma had an older sister name Mary, younger sisters Carrie and Adella, and a younger brother named Henry. The family lived in Rochester, New York and her father was a leather wholesaler by 1870. Her father registered for the draft for the American Civil War in June 1863. He died June 10, 1880.
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