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Ted Cooper
2727-29TH ST. N.W. # 504, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20008-5545
TEL: 202-965-3800 FAX: 202-265-3395 EMAIL: ted.cooper@mindspring.com
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY & CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
Muskingum College, New Concord, OH 1961-1965
       Bachelor of Arts, 1965 Major: Art History Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1965-1967
       Graduate Studies in the History of Art
       with Teaching Fellowship 1965, 1966, 1967
George Washington University, Washington, DC
       Graduate Special Studies in the History of Art 1967-1969
Georgetown University, Continuing Education Program 1994
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Muskingum College and Indiana University
       various Art History courses 1964-1967
Director, The Studio Gallery, Washington, DC 1968-1969
Assistant Director, Adams Davidson & Co., Washington, DC 1969-1971
President and Owner, Adams Davidson Galleries, Inc., 1971 - present
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
President, American Society of Appraisers, Washington Chapter, 1983-1984
Member, Board of Examiners, American Society of Appraisers 1982-83
President, Washington Art Dealers Association, Washington, DC 1981- 1987,
1991-1993
Senior Member, American Society of Appraisers 1978-present
       (Senior Member Recertification in 1984,1991,1996, 2001)
Senior Valuer, International Institute of Valuers 1981- present
Board of Directors, Archives of American Art, 1980 - 1986
Member and Donor, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
       1980-present
Member, Art Dealers Association of America, 1988 - present
Sponsoring Member, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1992-present
Circle Member and Donor, National Gallery of Art, 1996-present
Board of Directors, Washington Art Dealers Association, 1987-1991, 1993-1997
Certified Member, Appraisers Association of America, 1997-present
Board of Directors, Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington, 1997- 2003
Personal Property Committee Member, American Society of Appraisers,
Washington, D.C. Chapter, 2001-present
PUBLISHED WORKS
Minerva Chapman: A Retrospective Exhibition, H.K.Press,
       Washington, D.C., 1971
French Classicism in the 19th Century, H.K.Press,
       Washington, D.C., 1972
The French Impressionists and Their Followers, H.K.Press,
       Washington, D.C., 1971
Contemporary American Genre Painting, H.K.Press,
       Washington, D.C., 1972
William Broadhead, H.K. Press, Washington, D.C., 1972
100 Years of American Painting 1840-1940, H.K. Press,
       Washington, D.C., 1973
August F. Lundberg: A Retrospective Exhibition,
       Hoechstetter Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1974
A Selection of Important Works on Paper by American Artists of the
       19th & 20th Century, Evans Publishing Co.,1975
Bonnard and Vuillard: An Exhibition for the Benefit of the Phillips Collection,
       Evans Publishing Co., 1978
Portraits of Places: A Survey of 19th Century American Paintings,
       Museum Press, Washington, D.C.,1979
I.M. Pei & Partners, Drawings for the East Building, National Gallery of Art: Its Evolution in Sketches, Renderings and Models,1968-1978, Good Impression Publishers, Washington, D.C.,1979
Edgar Nye Reconsidered, Museum Press, Washington, D.C.,1979
Delight and Deception: Important American Still-Life Painting, 1850- 1890, Museum Press, Washington,
       D.C.,1979
American Art in the Barbizon Tradition, Museum Press, Washington, D.C.,1979
Works on Paper from Thomas Cole to Andrew Wyeth, Good Impression Publishers, 1980
American Luminism, Garamond Pridemark Publishing, Baltimore, Md.,1980
The American Landscape, A Century Later, Museum Press, 1980
A Retrospective Exhibition of Jervis McEntee, Museum Press, 1980
Washington Collects: Important American Art in Washington Collections, Garamond Pridemark Press, Baltimore,
       1981
Legacy of the Hudson River School, 1860-1880, Garamond Pridemark Press, Baltimore, Md.,1981
Quiet Places: The American Landscapes of Worthington Whittredge, (co-authored by Cheryl Cibulka), Garamond
       Pridemark Press,1982
Marble and Bronze: 100 Years of American Sculpture 1840-1940, Garamond Pridemark Press, 1984
The Artist as Explorer: Luminist Visions of 19th Century America, Museum Press, Washington, D.C., 1986
Masters of the American Landscape: Cole, Gifford, Heade, Church and Kensett, Garamond Pridemark Press,
       1986
Masters of the Medium: Important American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors, Museum Press, Washington,        D.C.,1988
Allen Philbrick Rediscovered: An Exhibition of Paintings and Etchings from 1905 to 1936, Museum Press, 1988
Explorations of an American Impressionist: The Art of Wilson Irvine (1869-1936), (co-authored by Cheryl Cibulka
       Gordon), Garamond Pridemark Press, 1990
Intimate and Visionary: 200 Years of American Master Drawings, 1790-1990, Weadon Publishing, 1990
QUOTED OR CITED IN THE MEDIA
"Still Lifes by Minerva Chapman," The Georgetowner, Sept.19, 1973
"Group Show Month," The Washington Post, August 5, 1974, p. B6
"Galleries," The Washington Post, October 21, 1975
"Careful Appraising is Essential for a Collection," Antiques Monthly, June 1977
"Washington's 2nd Million Dollar Dealer: Ted Cooper of Adams Davidson
       Galleries,"The Washington Art Newsletter, December 1977
"Design Process of East Building seen in sketches,"The Washington Star,
       January 6, 1979, p.C-2
"Galleries File," The Washington Post, May 4, 1979
"Delightful Discoveries," The Washington Star, July 8, 1979, p.E-2
"Washington Gallery Boom - The Rush to Invest," The Washington Post,
       January 20, 1980
"The Man Behind the Luminist Show: One of a New Breed," The Washington
       Post, February 17, 1980
"Sketchy Delights," The Washington Post, April 26, 1980
"The Light-Brigade of American Art-Record Sales for Luminist Paintings," The
       Washington Post, June 5, 1980
"Know-Nothing Dealer," The Washington Post, July 13, 1980
"Withheld Within," The Washington Post, October 18, 1980, p.B9
"Artists Immersed in American Wilderness," The Georgetowner, Nov.4,1980
"A Century's Pleasure in Washington Collections," The Washington Star,
        March 1, 1981
"Washington's Very Best Art Galleries," Washingtonian Magazine,
       September 1981
"Around and About at the Galleries," The Georgetowner, Oct.30,1981
The Bargain Hunter's Guide to Art Collecting, by Steve Naifeh, Quill Publishing,
       1982
"Whittredge's Quiet Places," The Washington Post, May 1, 1982
"Long-Lost Masterpiece Rediscovered" (front page), The Washington Post,
       November 17, 1983
"Rediscovered Cole Goes to Texas," Art News, February 1984, p.20
"Erastus Salisbury Field," The Washington Post, July 12, 1984
"The Status of Statues," The Washington Post, October 13, 1984
"Sain's True Colors." The Washington Post, November 9, 1985
"Views on Hudson River Painters to be Heard in Art Center Series," The Journal
       News, Tannersville, N.Y., May 17, 1985
"Beauty and the Budget: Building a Corporate Art Collection" by Michael Shaw,
        U.S. Chamber of Commerce newsletter Business Action Network:
       Washington Watch, November, 1985
"A National Treasure of Art" The Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 1986
"Art Dealers Honor Adelyn Breeskin," The InTowner, July 1986
"The Poirers' Echoes of the Ancients," The Washington Post, Oct.25, p.G-2
"19th and Early 20th Century American Art-The Boom Continues," Art News,
        December 1986
"Investing in American Art," The Nightly Business Report PBS Television
       (national), December 2, 1986
"Washington: A Public City with a Private Heart," Art and Auction, January
       1987
"Shifting the Focus to Antique Frames," The Washington Post, Washington Home
       Section, January 19, 1987
"ASA Stars on Public TV," Newsline, American Society of Appraisers, April,
       1987, p.4
"Daniel Terra's $35 Million Gamble," The Washington Post, April 21, 1987
"The Art of Running a Successful D.C. Gallery," The Washington Post, June 29,
       1987, Business Section
"Painters as Explorers in the Catskills," The Windham Journal, July 16, 1987
"The Softest Stroke," Washingtonian Magazine, August, 1987, p.72-74
"Art Advisory Panel Accepted More Appraisals in 1986," The ArtNewsletter,
       September 15, 1987, pp. 6-7
"Painting Reproduction Gingerly Hung at Library," The Frederick News-Post,
       February 26, 1988
"'Old Masters' at Adams Davidson." The Washington Post, May 7, 1988, p.C2
"Old and Modern Masters From the Collection of Ted Cooper,"
       Muskingum College Palmer Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, March
       8, 1989 (Catalogue).
"American Landscapes Through Different Media," The Washington Post,
       June 6, 1989
"The Quiet Collectors, Washington is a Big League Town" Museum & Arts
        Washington, September/October 1989, p 70-71, 86-87.
"The Scene's Prosperous Year," The Washington Post, Dec. 30, 1989, p. D2.
"Back to the Future: Washington's Experts Predict." Museum & Arts Washington,
       January/February 1990, pp. 41-47.
An Exhibition of Paintings by A.F.Lundberg, Washington County Museum
       of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md. (Catalogue) p.2
"National Gallery May Get Mount's 'Power of Music'," The Washington Post,
       October 18, 1990, pp. B1, B6.
"Newsmakers," Washington Business, The Washington Post, September
       16,1991
"Middendorf Gallery's Bleak Picture," The Washington Post, October 31,1991
"The Twice-Sold Painting," The Washington Post, December 16, 1991
"Local Galleries Hit By Rash of Thefts," The Washington Post, February 19, 1992
"Master Strokes," Where Magazine, April, 1992, p.8.
"Doing the Galleries." Washington Life, April-May, 1992, p.26
"Past and Present,"Adams Davidson Galleries current still life exhibition,
       'Around Town' WETA/PBS TV program feature, May 7, 1992
"The Learning Curve," The Washington Post Home, Aug. 29, 1996, p. 9
"Trompe and Nostalgic Circumstance," The Washington Post, June 6, 1992, p.C2
"More Middendorf Muddle" Art & Auction, p.16, June, 1992
"Faux Finish to Coy Canvas, Trompe L'Oeil is the Thing," Antique and Arts
       Weekly, p. 68, May 29,1992
"Picky Buyers in Tight Market," The Washington Post (Home), September 3,
       1992, p.12
"Art Ownership Case Settled," The Washington Post, October 15, 1992
"It's no little thing when an art gallery bucks a trend and moves to bigger digs",
       The Washington Times, p.E1, February 9, 1993
"Ted Cooper to Judge May Membership Show", The Art League, Tidings,
       May issue, 1993.
"Painted into a Corner," The Washingtonian, June, 1993, p.48
"Member Notes", Washington, D.C. Chapter Newsletter, American Society
       of Appraisers October, 1993, p.3
"Christie's American Art Sale Signals Strength,"The Maine Antique Digest,
       August, 1994, p.36-C
"Art Dealers to Talk with Artists, Review Portfolios," Corcoran School of
       Art, The Rag, Vol.4, No.4, September, 1994, p. 3
"Framed for Fraud", ABC-TV Investigative Report on Consumer Awareness
       about art fraud, aired November 21-22, 1995.
"Ted Cooper - June All Media Judge", The Art League, Tidings, June 1996
"Class Act", The Washington Post [Home], August 28, 1997, p.9
"People...", Washington Conservation Guild Newsletter, Vol.21, 1997,p.7.
Who's Who in American Art [annual, 1986 - present]
"Strong Showings for American Art", The Artnewsletter, Dec. 15, 1998
"Washington Leaps into the Millennium", ADAGW Newsletter,        
       Summer,1999
“Metamorphosen, der Kunsthandel im Internet”, Weltkunst Magazine, Heft
       10 September 15, 1999, p. 1696-98.
“Connoisseur's World: The Art Market”, Town and Country magazine,
       December, 1999, p. 128ff.
“Capitol Shopping”, Art & Antiques magazine, March, 2000 p. 145
“Buying Good Art”, Washingtonian magazine, April, 2000 p.116
“Bulging Inventories Are Making Retailers Skittish, Ready to Deal”, The
       Wall Street Journal , ‘Home Front', April 13, 2001
“Members in the News”, ASA DC Chapter Newsletter, Nov. 2001, pgs. 2, 5
SPEAKER AND PANELIST
"Seventeen Criteria for Establishing the Value of a Work of Art," Fine Arts Forum,
       American Society of Appraisers, Mt. Vernon College, Washington
       DC, March 26, 1977
"Difficulties in Appraising 19th Century American Paintings," International
       Appraisal Conference, A.S.A., Hershey, Pa., June 28-30, 1978
"The Importance of Important American Art," The Times Club of Potomac MD,
       January 14, 1980
"Symposium on Escalating Personal Property Values," A.S.A., DC Chapter, Fort
       McNair, Washington DC, April 16, 1980
"Inside Washington's Best Art Galleries," Smithsonian Institution Resident
       Associates Program, Washington DC, April 16, 1980
"Investing in American Art," The Harvard Business School Club of Washington
       DC, December 12, 1980
"Rediscovering American Art," Fine Arts Forum, American Society of Appraisers
       co-sponsored by The George Washington University, May 9,
       1981
"Critical Problems Facing the Appraiser of American Paintings," Regional
       Conference and Seminar, American Society of Appraisers,
       Winston-Salem NC, March 25-27, 1982
"Connoisseurship and Collecting 19th Century American Art," American Art
       Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 25, 1982
"Practices and Pitfalls of Appraisals, Donations and Art Contracts," speaker and
       panelist: Fine Art Symposiumsponsored by George Washington
       Univ. and Washington Art Dealers Assoc. September 29, 1984
"The Educated Eye: Connoisseurship in the Visual and Decorative Arts,"
       Smithsonian Institution Resident Associate Lecture Series, October
       28, 1986 (audiotaped)
"The Artist as Explorer: Luminist Visions of Nineteenth Century America,"
       Washington Art Dealers Association Lectures for the Phillips
       Collection, October 21, 1986
"The Artists Who Explored the Catskills," lecture delivered to the Greene County
       Mountain Top Historical Society, Onteora Club, Tannersville, New
       York, July 23, 1987
"Appraising the Damage: Why Condition is Crucial to the Valuation Process,"
       lecture sponsored by the Washington Conservation Guild,
       National Museum of American History, April 7, 1988
"Instant Expertise and the Appraisal Conspiracy," lecture delivered to the Art
       South Fall Seminar, Washington, DC, October 21, 1988
"Works on Paper," speaker and juror at The Art League Alexandria,
       Virginia, November 9, 1989
"The Money Market of Paintings: Investing in Art," lecture delivered to the
       Resident Associates program of the Smithsonian Institution,
       Washington, D.C., February 5, 1990
"A Symposium on the Proper Handling, Care, and Preservation of Art on Paper,"
       host and speaker, Adams Davidson Galleries, Washington, D.C.,
       November 14, 1990
"How to Establish the Value of a Work of Art or an Item of Personal Property
       When There Are No Comparables. The Importance of Condition
       in the Evaluation Process," lectures delivered to the American
       Society of Appraisers,Washington, D.C. chapter, May 7, 1991
"Connoisseurship and Collecting in Washington, D.C," Smithsonian
       Institution Resident sponsored by the Washington Art Dealers
       Association, April 16, 1992 (audiotaped)
Juror, Sumner School Museum Watercolor Exhibition, March 8-9, 1993
Juror, The Art League, Alexandria, Va. [700 entries] May 5, 1993
Portfolio review, Corcoran School of Art graduating Seniors, March, 1995,
        March, 1996
Juror, The Art League, Alexandria, Va. [675 entries] June 4, 1996
Juror, 1996 Open Exhibition, Arts Council of Fairfax County [372 entries],
       Nov. 4, 1996
"Appraisals, Good Documentation & Digital Photography" Nov. 5, 1996
       presentation for Smithsonian Associates, Campus on the Mall,
       Ripley Center, Washington, D.C.
"Trompe L'oeil" National Conference, Appraisers Assoc. of America, November
       14-17, 1996, New York (conference participant)
"Valuating Artwork: Science or Magic?" Inaugural address to the International Monetary Fund Society, Washington, DC, April 7, 1999
"New Parameters for Personal Property Appraisers in the Digital Millennium" address to the Washington, DC Chapter of American
        Society of  Appraisers, May 4, 1999.
Panelist, 1999 ADAGW Symposium: "Art at the Milennium", Omni
       Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, Oct. 2, 1999
Guest Appraiser, FOX TVNEWS, “Trash or Treasure”, July 21, 2000, 6-9am
“American Drawings, Pastels and Watercolors” Appraisal Studies in Fine
       and Decorative Arts, New York Univ. N.Y., May 16-20, 2001 (conference        participant)
Lecturer, “Difficult Appraisal Assignments”, ASA Fine Art Symposium, The
       Arts Club of Washington, Oct. 9, 2001
“Art & Cultural Property: Provenance; Due Diligence; Legal and Ethical
       Issues”, ASA Conference, Oct. 7-8, 2002 (conference participant)
“Collecting and Connoisseurship”, Smithsonian Associates Masters
       Program Nov. 18, 2003, Ripley Center
SELECTED APPRAISAL ASSIGNMENTS
The White House
The National Gallery of Art
The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia
       (entire collection)
United States Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms & Blair House
United States Department of Defense, Pentagon
       (entire collection)
United States National Park Service (entire collection)
The American University, Washington, D.C.
       (entire collection, 843 pictures)
The United States Information Agency
       (entire collection,1643 pictures)
The Washington National Cathedral
National Institutes of Health., Foundation for Advanced Education in
       the Sciences, Bethesda, Md. (entire collection)
Ruskin Collection at Phoenix Art Museum (entire collection)
Monticello, The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia
The New York Historical Society, New York, N.Y.
The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
       (entire collection, 3,366 pictures)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. (authentication)
General Services Administration, Washington, D.C.
National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
         permanent collection, Dimock Art Gallery
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
The Barnett-Aden Collection, B.E.T.,Inc. (entire collection)
United States Supreme Court
United States Customs Service
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Gunston Hall Plantation, Lorton, Va.
The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
The National Academy of Sciences, Wash.D.C. (entire collection)
Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore
Anacostia Museum and Center of African-American History & Culture
Walter Reed Army Medical Center Institute of Pathology
United States Navy, Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
Dickinson College, New Carlisle, Pa.
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
St. Mary's College of Maryland, Md. (authentications)
U.S. General Services Administration (authentication, appraisal)
Tudor Place Historic House & Gardens, Washington, D.C.

We have also, over the last 30 years, appraised hundreds of prominent local and national private collections.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Appointed by Secretary of the Treasury to serve on the Art Advisory Panel
       of the Internal Revenue Service, 1984, 1985, 1986
Appointed to Advisory Committee of the Hereward Lester Cooke
       Foundation, 1985-1989
Elected President, Washington Art Dealers Association 1981-83,
       1983-85, 1985-87, 1991-93.
Elected Secretary and Board Member, Washington Art Dealers
       Association 1993-1997
Elected Board Member, Art Dealers Association of Greater Washington
       1997-1999
Appointed to the Advisory Board, Society of Prevent Trade in Stolen
       Art 1999-present

TEACHING Faculty, Appraisal Studies program, George Washington University,
       Center for Career Education, Spring, I & II/Fall, I & II
       1995 to present: "Looking at Pictures: Science or Magic?"
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