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	[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''		[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''.

	A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/881958 Obituary "John Richardson" ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 127, No. 985 (April 1985), pp. 228+230-231</ref> He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.<ref>http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/monumentsmen/bio.php?personID=58 Monuments Men Foundation: ''Cooper, Sqdr Ldr Douglas'', memory page for the members of the Royal Air Force Intelligence, British Element, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA)</ref>		A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/881958 Obituary "John Richardson" ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 127, No. 985 (April 1985), pp. 228+230-231</ref> He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.<ref>http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/monumentsmen/bio.php?personID=58 Monuments Men Foundation: ''Cooper, Sqdr Ldr Douglas'', memory page for the members of the Royal Air Force Intelligence, British Element, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA)</ref>

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	[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', ~~1911–1984~~) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''		[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''

	A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/881958 Obituary "John Richardson" ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 127, No. 985 (April 1985), pp. 228+230-231</ref> He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.<ref>http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/monumentsmen/bio.php?personID=58 Monuments Men Foundation: ''Cooper, Sqdr Ldr Douglas'', memory page for the members of the Royal Air Force Intelligence, British Element, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA)</ref>		A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/881958 Obituary "John Richardson" ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 127, No. 985 (April 1985), pp. 228+230-231</ref> He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.<ref>http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/monumentsmen/bio.php?personID=58 Monuments Men Foundation: ''Cooper, Sqdr Ldr Douglas'', memory page for the members of the Royal Air Force Intelligence, British Element, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA)</ref>
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	[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''		[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG\|thumb\|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''

	A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited. He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.		A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited.<ref>http://www.jstor.org/pss/881958 Obituary "John Richardson" ''The Burlington Magazine'', Vol. 127, No. 985 (April 1985), pp. 228+230-231</ref> He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.<ref>http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/monumentsmen/bio.php?personID=58 Monuments Men Foundation: ''Cooper, Sqdr Ldr Douglas'', memory page for the members of the Royal Air Force Intelligence, British Element, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA)</ref>

	After the war he found he could not settle in England, and bought the Château de Castille, Argilliers, near Avignon,which he restored and transfored into a museum of Cubist art.		After the war he found he could not settle in England, and bought the Château de Castille, Argilliers, near Avignon, which he restored and transfored into a museum of Cubist art.

	In 1950 he met the art historian [[John Richardson]]. They lived together at the Château, and both became friends of Picasso. In 1960 Cooper and Richardson split up, Richardson moving to New York. In 1961 Coooper picked up a yong man in Nîmes, who demanded money and stabbed him, causing serious injury. The culprit was arrested and claimed to have been resisting a sexual assault.<ref>“Art Collector Found in Road ~~Stabbed.” In:~~ ''The Times'' ~~(London, United Kingdom)~~, 26 October 1961.</ref>		In 1950 he met the art historian [[John Richardson]]. They lived together at the Château, and both became friends of Picasso. In 1960 Cooper and Richardson split up, Richardson moving to New York. In 1961 Coooper picked up a yong man in Nîmes, who demanded money and stabbed him, causing serious injury. The culprit was arrested and claimed to have been resisting a sexual assault.<ref>“Art Collector Found in Road Stabbed” ''The Times'', 26 October 1961.</ref>

	Cooper later moved to Monte Carlo, following a burglary at the Château.		Cooper later moved to Monte Carlo, following a burglary at the Château.

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[[File:Argilliers - Château de Castille -3.JPG|thumb|Entrance colonnade of the Château de Castille, Argilliers]]'''Douglas Cooper''' ('''Arthur William Douglas Cooper''', 1911–1984) was a British art collector and art historian. He also published under the name of '''Douglas Lord'''

A substantial legacy enabled him to study art history in Paris and in Marburg, Germany. In the 1930s be began what was to become a substantial collection of Cubist paintings. In the Second World War he acted for a time as an interrogator in Cairo, a task for which he was very well suited. He later joined a unit investigating art works looted by the Nazis.

After the war he found he could not settle in England, and bought the Château de Castille, Argilliers, near Avignon,which he restored and transfored into a museum of Cubist art.

In 1950 he met the art historian [[John Richardson]]. They lived together at the Château, and both became friends of Picasso. In 1960 Cooper and Richardson split up, Richardson moving to New York. In 1961 Coooper picked up a yong man in Nîmes, who demanded money and stabbed him, causing serious injury. The culprit was arrested and claimed to have been resisting a sexual assault.<ref>“Art Collector Found in Road Stabbed.” In: ''The Times'' (London, United Kingdom), 26 October 1961.</ref>

Cooper later moved to Monte Carlo, following a burglary at the Château.

==Further reading==

John Richardson: ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Picasso, Provence, and Douglas Cooper''. University of Chicago Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-226-71245-1

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