Augustus B. Koopman (American 1869–1914)

Born in North Carolina, Koopman studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. A member of the expatriate community at Etaples in France, he exhibited widely at the Paris Salons, PAFA, Art Institute of Chicago, National Academy, 1900 Paris Expo, Pan-American Expo in 1911, St. Louis Expo in 1904, Corcoran Gallery, Boston Art Club, and Salons of America, often winning prizes and medals. His paintings are in the collections of museums in France and the United States.