“Late Night with Seth Meyers” Monday when talk turned to Vanderbilt, who died in 2019. Vanderbilt was a famed heiress and a prominent painter who held critically acclaimed exhibitions over the span of several decades. “My mom died when she was 95, but around the time she was 91 … she wasn’t painting,” Cooper told Meyers. “[Then] I introduced her to Instagram, which she thought was, like, magic.
I got her on Instagram, then I created an account for her artwork to get her out of bed and paint.”Vanderbilt’s account quickly amassed thousands of followers, and fans began inquiring about purchasing the paintings.
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