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4 days agoThe unbelievable tale of San Francisco's bullfighting bar owner
A rediscovered 1953 self-portrait by Barnaby Conrad Jr. anchors a local art show and connects San Francisco history, bullfighting, and painting.
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It was, Oropeza recalls, "the beginning of me formally learning to paint in oil and to draw." It was also, he adds, a really beautiful moment. Once he was back in class, "unexpectedly, so many things sprouted."