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This is just a amazing early abstract oil painting by California artist Jerry Opper. He was a famous print maker. Oil paintings are rare. The painting has just been cleaned and framed. The painting size is 32″ x 38″. Framed size is 33 1/2″ x 39 1/2″. Please see photos and ask any questions. This late 1940s-early 1950s stone lithograph on paper abstract is by California artist Jerry Opper b. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Choiunard Art Institute. In 1942 he was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Opper then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts. Opper’s prints have been included in several major shows throughout the country: Oakland Art Gallery; Sacramento State Fair; San Francisco Museum of Art; International Color Lithography Exhibition at Cincinnati, Ohio; Pennell Print Show at the Library of Congress, Washington D. Brooklyn Museum Print Show; Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona; City of Paris Rotunda Gallery, San Francisco.

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