biography of John OPPER (1908-1994)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: Laramie, WY; NYC

Profession: Painter, lithgrapher, teacher

Studied: Cleveland Sch. Art; Case Western Reserve Univ. (B.S.); Columbia Univ. (M.A. & Ed.D.); AIC; also with Hans Hofmann; Guggenheim fellow, 1969.

Exhibited: MoMA; WMAA; NYWCC Ann., 1937; AIC, 1940-42, 1944, 1960 ("Intl Watercolor Exhib"); SFMA, 1940 (solo); Crocker A. Gal., 1940 (solo); MMA, 1941; SFMA, 1945-46; Ten-Thirty Gal., Cleveland, 1946; Pasadena AI, 1946; Colorado Springs FA Center, 1946; Springfield MFA, Mass.; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1953; High Mus Art, 1955 (1st prize for oil painting); ACA Gal., NYC; "Intl. Watercolor Exhib.," Brooklyn Mus.; Carnegie Intl., 1961; PAFA Ann., 1962; "American Drawings," Moore Inst., 1968; Borgenicht Gal, NYC, 1970s.

Member: Am. Ar. Cong.; Un. Am. Ar.; Col. Art Assn.; Am. Assn. Univ. Prof.

Work: Dept. Edu., Albany; Bureau Health Ed., Jefferson Sch., NYC; Brooklyn Pub. Lib.; State Normal Sch., Potsdam, NY; MoMA; James Michener Mus, Austin, Tex.; Guild Hall Mus., East Hampton, NY; High Mus. Art, Atlanta; New York Univ. Coll.

Comments: Teaching: Univ. Wyo., 1945-70s; Univ NC, 1952-57; New York Univ, 1957-70s.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.

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