Background
Opper, Frederick Burr was born on January 2, 1857 in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, United States. Son of Lewis and Aurelia (Burr) Opper.
Opper, Frederick Burr was born on January 2, 1857 in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, United States. Son of Lewis and Aurelia (Burr) Opper.
Left school at 14; worked a year or more in the village newspaper office. Moved to New York and worked in a store for a short time and then, having sold some humorous sketches to “Wild Oats” and other comic papers, went to drawing as a profession.
On art staff Frank Leslie’s 3 years. Artist of Puck, 18 years. Severed connection with Puck to accept offer from Hearst’s New York Journal, May 1899.
Illustrator for Bill Nye, Mark Twain, Hobart (Dinkelspiel), Dunne (Dooley), et cetera
Author: The Folks in Funnyville (with his own verses and pictures). Our Antediluvian Ancestors, 1902.
Happy Hooligan, 1902. Alphonse and Gaston, 1902.
John Bulletin, 1903. Home: New Rochelle, New New York
Married Nellie Barnett, 1882. Children: Lawrence, Sophia.