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Richmond Irwin Kelsey BIOGRAPHY
1905 San Diego, California - 1987 Oxnard, California. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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 an... Read full biography
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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.
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