PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Inside a quiet warehouse in Northwest Portland, Jordan Schnitzer keeps tens of thousands of pieces of original art, creating what he calls one of the largest teaching collections in the country.

The collection, housed in a building developed by the Schnitzer family, contains what Schnitzer describes as the largest collection of post-war prints in the world. The warehouse holds works by major artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst.

“I’ve been buying art since I was 14,” Schnitzer said. “I love art. I look at work and I just feel this knees buckling in this wonderful sense of joy.”

Schnitzer said his passion for art came from his late mother, Arlene Schnitzer.

“My mother opened that art door, and I loved art ever since,” he sa

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