William T. Cooper
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William T. Cooper is an Australia
n artist
. He trained originally as a landscape artist but achieved renown through natural history
illustrations, especially of birds.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. He trained originally as a landscape artist but achieved renown through natural history
Natural history
Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
illustrations, especially of birds.
Illustrated works
Books illustrated by Cooper include:- 1968 – A Portfolio of Australian Birds (text by Keith Hindwood)
- 1973 – Parrots of the World (text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 1975 - The Year of the Koala (text by H.D. Williamson)
- 1977 – The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds (text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 1981 – Australian Parrots (2nd edition, text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 1983-1994 – Kingfishers and Related Birds
- 1993 - Visions of a Rainforest : A Year in Australia's Tropical Rainforest (text by Stanley Breeden)
- 1994 – Fruits of the Rainforest (text by Wendy Cooper)
- 1997 - Turacos: A Portfolio of All Species (text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 1998 - The Birds of Paradise: Paradisaeidae (text by Clifford Frith and Bruce BeehlerBruce BeehlerDr. Bruce Beehler is an ornithologist and vice-president of Conservation International's Melanesia Center for Biodiversity Conservation ....
) - 2001 - Cockatoos: A Portfolio of All Species (text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 2002 - Turacos : A Natural History of the Musophagidae (text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
) - 2002 – Australian Parrots (3rd [revised] edition, text by Joseph ForshawJoseph ForshawJoseph Michael Forshaw is an Australian ornithologist, and the world's foremost expert on parrots. He was the former head of wildlife conservation for the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service.-References:...
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Awards
- 1990 - awarded the Gold Medal of the Academy of Natural SciencesAcademy of Natural SciencesThe Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World...
(USA) for distinction in natural history art - 1994 - awarded the Order of AustraliaOrder of AustraliaThe Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
for contributions to art and ornithology