Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1924 lower left. Trompe l'oeil rendering of a landscape painting featuring the silhouette of a lion with a portrait of a gypsy woman and roses resting in the foreground. A. D. M. CooperAbout the Artist: Native of St. Louis, Missouri, born to David Middleton Cooper a prominent physician and Fannie Clark O'Fallon, grand-niece of explorer William Clark. George Catlin, the early painter of Plains Indian lifestyle, was friend of the family and influencer of Cooper's work. After studying art at Washington University in St. Louis, he spent two years Boulder, Colorado drawing for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Set up studio in Latin Quarter of San Francisco and garnered much attention by the early 1880s.Later heading south to San Jose, where his peers considered him one of the most important artists in California and was regularly commissioned by aristocracy and socialites. Living a Bohemian lifestyle, Cooper painted his way through life. Stretcher: 20" height, 24" width, frame: 29" height, 33.25" width, 3" depth