Background
Oppenheim, Dennis Allen was born on September 6, 1938 in Electric City, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of David Alfred and Katherine (Belknap) Oppenheim.
Oppenheim, Dennis Allen was born on September 6, 1938 in Electric City, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of David Alfred and Katherine (Belknap) Oppenheim.
In 1964, he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, and an Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, in 1965.
at galleries in United States of America and Europe since 1968; works in many public collections including Museum of Modem Art, New York, Tate Gallery, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Musee d’Art Modeme, Paris.Soon after, his family returned to their home in the San Francisco Bay area. He moved to New York in 1966 where he first taught art at nursery school and then high school art while working toward his first one-person exhibition in New York, held in 1968 when he was 30 years old. He lived and worked in New York City until his death from liver cancer on January 21, 2011, aged 72.
Married Karen Cackett, May 9, 1959 (divorced). Children: Kristin, Erik, Chandra. Married Alice Aycock (divorced).
Married Amy Van Winkle Plumb. 1 child (with Phyllis Jalbert) Chandra. 1 child (with Helen Paquillion) Georges.