William Couper
American sculptor, 1853–1942
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Couper studied in Munich before moving to Florence, where he studied with Thomas Ball and wed Ball's daughter, Eliza, in 1878. Couper eventually moved back to the United States in 1897, settling in Montclair, New Jersey, where he built a neoclassical villa Poggioridente. He also shared a studio with Thomas Ball in New York. Couper produced many public monuments, including the Confederate Monument in Norfolk and busts of scientists for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1913 Couper retired from sculpting and took up painting seascapes.
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American painter, 1849–1921
American sculptor, ceramics artist, and educator, 1872–1967
American artist, 1877–1962
American sculptor, 1848–1907
American painter, illustrator, and lithographer, 1889–1975
American painter, 1857–1927
