About The Artist:
Peter Geoffrey Cook
Peter Geoffrey Cook was born in New York in 1915. He attended Princeton University where he received a degree in Architecture. He became a student to New Hope's John Dolinsbee when he met Folinsbee's daughter, Joan, whom he married in 1938. He went on to study art in New York at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. In 1939 he was awarded a Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship, but his trip was cut short by the onset of World War...
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About The Medium:
Oil
Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.