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Richmond Irwin Kelsey

Richmond Irwin Kelsey (1905 - 1987) was active/lived in California.  Richmond Kelsey is known for Easel and mural painting, illustration, graphics.

Submitted by Nancy Moure, Independent Art Researcher,

Kelsey, Richmond Irwin (1905-1987) (Lived in North Hollywood and Santa Barbara, California)

Port. with “Santa Barbara Mission” and announcement that he has won awards for his freeway pictures. “… perhaps is best known locally as a Christmas card artist and as a former art director for Walt Disney Productions in Burbank. Entire albums of California Artists Christmas cards have been devoted to Kelsey’s bright and unusual creations. He has designed 175 Christmas greetings in the last five years, netting the sale of some eight million cards.

Now he's starting his own studio card business, with headquarters in a rustic and spacious studio – designed and mostly built by Kelsey himself – at the rear of his beautiful home perched on a hill at the south edge of North Hollywood. His company makes the humorous type black and white cards but not Christmas cards… Kelsey attributes his diversified techniques and versatile st   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3988 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Richmond Irwin Kelsey

   Publications  Book References:  11
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11 Book References for Richmond Irwin Kelsey
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay T. Last California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary 231 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 McClelland, Gordon T; Jay Last The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955 259 Yes
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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