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Edward Loper Sr

Edward L Loper, Sr. (1916 - 2011) was active/lived in Delaware.  Edward Loper Sr is known for Town-landscape, still life and genre painting, teaching.

Biography photo for Edward L Loper, Sr.
The following is from Kaye-Ann Marsh:

Edward L Loper Sr. is an artist with over seventy-years of experience. He was born in 1916. He has not only seen two world wars but has lived through segregation and discrimination, all the things that many contemporary artists depict. He has met, taught and inspired many of these artists.

Below is information from his wife Janet Loper:

Edward L. Loper Sr. was born on the East Side of Wilmington on April 7, 1916. He is basically a self taught painter. He is represented in major permanent collections in the Philadelphia Art Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, Howard University, the Museum of African American Art in Tampa, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Clark-Atlanta University collection of African American Art, among others.

Loper was associated with the WPA Art Project from 1936-1941. In 1947 he started teaching full-time and continues to do so. He has private classes in   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3427 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Edward Loper Sr

   Publications  Book References:  11
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11 Book References for Edward Loper, Sr.
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1994 San Antonio Museum of Art African American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
67 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)
538 No
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 Cederholm, Theresa Dickason Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory 348 No
1960 Dover, Cedric American Negro Art 186 Yes
1953 Gilbert, Dorothy B. Who's Who in American Art, 1953 557 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1943 Porter, James A Modern Negro Art 272 No
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