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Frederick Burr Opper Happy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art (c. 1900-1932)
Auction: 04/03/2025 - 4/6/2025
Lot: 94409
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Frederick Opper AUCTION RECORDS
1857 Madison, Lake County, Ohio - 1937. Known for: Political and humorous cartoons.
Frederick Burr Opper created several famous newspaper comics, such as 'Happy Hooligan', which made its first appearance in March, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst journals. In 1871, when he was... Read full biography
Frederick Burr Opper created several famous newspaper comics, such as 'Happy Hooligan', which made its first appearance in March, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst journals. In 1871, when he was only fourteen years old, Opper started drawing cartoons for "The Madison Gazette". At the age of... Read full biography
Frederick Burr Opper created several famous newspaper comics, such as 'Happy Hooligan', which made its first appearance in March, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst journals. In 1871, when he was only fourteen years old, Opper started drawing cartoons for "The Madison Gazette". At the age of twenty, he moved to the magazine 'Wild Oats', where he accepted a job as a staff artist. Meanwhile, he also did freelance work for other magazines including "Puck" and "Harper's Bazaar". Opper created the... Read full biography
Frederick Burr Opper created several famous newspaper comics, such as 'Happy Hooligan', which made its first appearance in March, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst journals. In 1871, when he was only fourteen years old, Opper started drawing cartoons for "The Madison Gazette". At the age of twenty, he moved to the magazine 'Wild Oats', where he accepted a job as a staff artist. Meanwhile, he also did freelance work for other magazines including "Puck" and "Harper's Bazaar". Opper created the characters Alphonse & Gaston and Maud the Mule. For several years, he worked for the "New York Journal", drawing a weekly comic. Five years before his death, Opper was forced to stop drawing because of eye problems. He died in 1937, at the age of 80.... Read full biography
Frederick Burr Opper created several famous newspaper comics, such as 'Happy Hooligan', which made its first appearance in March, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst journals. In 1871, when he was only fourteen years old, Opper started drawing cartoons for "The Madison Gazette". At the age of twenty, he moved to the magazine 'Wild Oats', where he accepted a job as a staff artist. Meanwhile, he also did freelance work for other magazines including "Puck" and "Harper's Bazaar". Opper created the characters Alphonse & Gaston and Maud the Mule. For several years, he worked for the "New York Journal", drawing a weekly comic. Five years before his death, Opper was forced to stop drawing because of eye problems. He died in 1937, at the age of 80.
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrederick Opper Happy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 5-17-08 (American-Journal Examiner, 1908)
Frederick Opper Auction: 02/21/2019 - 2/23/2019Lot: 94786Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHappy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-14-04 (W. R. Hearst, 1904)
Frederick Opper Auction: 04/01/2021 - 4/4/2021Lot: 95226Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeFrederick Opper Happy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-7-08 (American-Journal Examiner, 1908)
Frederick Opper Auction: 02/21/2019 - 2/23/2019Lot: 94787Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHappy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-19-03 (W. R. Hearst, 1903)
Frederick Opper Auction: 04/01/2021 - 4/4/2021Lot: 95224Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeHappy Hooligan Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-24-04 (W. R. Hearst, 1904)
Frederick Opper Auction: 04/01/2021 - 4/4/2021Lot: 95225Subscribe or get free alerts
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