Josephine Sibley Couper
text by great-nephew J.L. Sibley Jennings, AIA

Josephine Sibley Couper
text by Michael M. McCue from his book Tryon Artists: 1892-1942

Notes on Modernism
from Couper's classes with André Lhote

index of show works

NOTE: Josephine Couper's life has been fairly well documented; her works, however, have been much less so.

One of the goals of this site is to take information that we know, even if that information is incomplete, and present it to viewers who may be able to corroborate or add to it.

Should anyone wish to make a contribution of information, they may do so by contacting The Spartanburg County Museum of Art.

Alta Vista. circa 1922. Montreat, N.C. oil on canvas board.

American Bar Opposite the Pension on Rue de la Grande Chaumier in the Latin Quarter. 1928, Paris, France oil on canvas.

Around the Corner. 1926, Spartanburg, SC, oil on canvas.

Art League Model. circa 1888. oil.

At the Pier. oil on canvas.

Ballerina. pastel.

Boy with a Rifle. Tryon, N.C.

Brittany Milk Wagon. 1928, Brittany, France. oil on canvas board.

Butler King Couper, Jr. circa 1935, Charleston, S.C. oil on canvas.

Carolina Mountaineer. Tryon, N.C. oil on canvas.

Charleston Graveyard.

Color study for a portrait of Cadet Thomas Woodworth.oil on canvas.

Connie as a Page. 1910. oil on linen.

Cossack. 1930, Paris.

Dr. Way. 1925. oil on canvas.

Ducks Playing in Sunlight. 1925. oil on canvas.

Duke’s Farewell (Chateau Kerolet). 1929-30, Brittany, France. oil on canvas board. oil on board.

Emma Eve Gardner. oil on canvas.

Glass Bowl Still Life. oil.

Head and Shoulder Color Study for a Portrait of Cadet Thomas Woodworth. oil on canvas.

Jasper Bridge (Georgia Series) circa 1945, Jasper, Ga. oil on canvas.

Jug Vendor. circa 1910, Spartanburg, oil on canvas.

Man Plowing. oil on canvasboard.

Man with a Pipe. oil on canvas.

Mandolin Player. circa 1918, Spartanburg. pastel on drawingboard.

Marigolds. pastel.

Mending the Nets. 1925. oil on canvas.

Montreat Sunlight. Montreat, N.C. oil on canvas.

Montreat View. Montreat, N.C. oil on canvasboard.

Mountain Lake. oil.

Mountain Man. Tryon, N.C.

Mountain Road. oil on canvas.

Mountain Stream. oil on linen.

Oil Study for a Portrait of Dr. William Herd Kilpatrick. circa 1932, Montreat, N.C.

Old Boats or The Discussion. before 1928, Charleston, S.C.

Old Customs House – End of Broad St. 1936, Charleston, S.C., oil on canvas.

On the Docks. Gloucester, Mass. oil on canvas.

Paris Nude. circa 1929, Paris. oil on canvasboard.

Paris Nude. circa 1929, Paris. oil on linen.

Pink Rhododendron from Gillette Woods.Tryon, N.C. oil on canvas.

Portrait of Charles Gardner. 1925. oil on canvas.

Portrait of Constance (the artist’s daughter, Mrs. John W. Haney). 1950. oil on canvas.

Portrait of Madge Carey. oil on canvas.

Portrait of Mrs. W.S. Manning of Spartanburg. circa 1950, Tryon, N.C. pastel on paper.

Rock House Porch. Tryon, N.C. oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait. 1932, probably Charleston, S.C. oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait. 1935, possibly Tryon, N.C. oil on canvas.

Self-Portrait. 1947, Tryon, N.C. oil on canvas.

South Carolina Hall. Charleston, S.C. oil on linen.

Stables (Georgia Series) oil on linen.

Study for a Portrait of Son-in-Law John W. Haney. charcoal on paper

Study for portrait of Thomas Woodworth. charcoal and blue pencil.

Three Tiny Fish Boats.possibly Brittany, France.

Train Depot (Georgia Series). Tryon, N.C. oil on canvasboard.

View from Alta Vista the Artist’s Home. 1920’s, Montreat, N.C. oil on canvas.

View from Alta Vista the Artist’s Home. oil on canvas.

Where Next? 1937. oil on canvas.

Woman with Cat. oil on canvas.

Wooded Stream. oil.

Woodgatherer. either Tryon or Montreat. oil.