Eileen Cooper RA – Blue Moon

Eileen Cooper RA ‘Blue Moon’ and ‘Wanderlust’  are inspired by Angela Carter ‘Nights at the Circus and coincided with the publication of The Folio Society edition of Angela Carter’s seminal novel Nights at the Circus, illustrated by Eileen Cooper. Nights at the Circus incorporates multiple categories of fiction, referencing fairy tales and weaving them into magical realism.

Cooper’s work has often featured trees and flowers, which have an intense connection to her figures, stretching up into the air, but deeply rooted in the ground. Cooper’s subjects are underpinned by the complex question of human relationships.

Born in the Peak District in 1953, Cooper has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally. Her work is held in many public and private collections including as the Arts Council Collection; The British Museum; The Royal Collection; Victoria & Albert Museum; Tate Britain; National Portrait Gallery; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; Kunsthalle, Nuremberg; Walpole Library, Yale University.

Studying first at Goldsmiths College (1971-74) and then at the Royal College of Art (1974-77). In 2000 Cooper was elected a Royal Academician. From 2010-17 Cooper served as Keeper of the Royal Academy, one of only 4 officers selected from the 80 Royal Academicians, and with primary responsibility for the Royal Academy Schools, thereby becoming the first woman to be elected to this role since the RA began in 1768.

Due to the individual nature of each print, there maybe some slight colour variances to each print.