Leonard Lopp

Lopp was born on May 1, 1888, in Highmore, South Dakota.[1][2] He was educated in public schools in Canton and Elk Point, South Dakota, and he graduated from Union College in Nebraska with a degree in Art and Public Speaking.[1][2] He also studied art in Chicago and Seattle, where he attended the University of Washington.[1]

Lopp became a painter and muralist of the Pacific Northwest.[1] He did five murals in Kalispell, Montana: four in the Conrad National Bank, and one in the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.[2] He was a member of the Montana Institute of the Arts, and he exhibited his work in the United States and Canada.[2] His paintings often came in handmade frames.[1] Lopp also restored paintings in the C. M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls, Montana.[2]

Notable collectors included President Harry Truman and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.[2][3]

Lopp was married twice. His first wife was Margaret Booth and his second wife, Louise Lopp. He had a son, Robert.[1][2]

Lopp died on December 3, 1974, in Kalispell, Montana. His funeral was held at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and he was buried in the C. E. Conrad Memorial Cemetery.[1][2][4]