opstern.
/ˈɒpstə/, U.S. /ˈɑpstər/ U.S. colloquial. rare (temporary).
A practitioner of op art.
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opster1965
1965 N.Y. Times 16 May x21/4 The Great Neck Public Schools have put on ‘150 Years of American Painting’, a show ranging from Gilbert Stuart to Opster Larry Poons.
1965 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 May 29/3 It would seem that two older artists have been curiously misunderstood—Albers by the ‘opsters’ and Duchamp by the ‘popsters’.
1967 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 25 The intricate light-and-shadow wall reliefs of the opster Ben Cunningham.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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