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1898 Oleans, New York - 1993 Lake Elsinore, California. Known for: Naive genre-figure-animal painting.
Jon Serl was born in Oleans, New York on November 6, 1898. Jon Serl (né Joseph Searles) was one of three assumed names. Early in life he was a peripatetic female impersonator and vaudeville performer... Read full biography
Jon Serl was born in Oleans, New York on November 6, 1898. Jon Serl (né Joseph Searles) was one of three assumed names. Early in life he was a peripatetic female impersonator and vaudeville performer known as "Slats". When the silent film era ended in the late 1920s, he was called Jerry Palmer, a... Read full biography
Jon Serl was born in Oleans, New York on November 6, 1898. Jon Serl (né Joseph Searles) was one of three assumed names. Early in life he was a peripatetic female impersonator and vaudeville performer known as "Slats". When the silent film era ended in the late 1920s, he was called Jerry Palmer, a voice-over artist for actors whose voices did not fare well in talkies, and during the Depression he was Ned Palmer, a migrant fruit picker. After WWII he moved to the desert near Palm Springs, took up... Read full biography
Jon Serl was born in Oleans, New York on November 6, 1898. Jon Serl (né Joseph Searles) was one of three assumed names. Early in life he was a peripatetic female impersonator and vaudeville performer known as "Slats". When the silent film era ended in the late 1920s, he was called Jerry Palmer, a voice-over artist for actors whose voices did not fare well in talkies, and during the Depression he was Ned Palmer, a migrant fruit picker. After WWII he moved to the desert near Palm Springs, took up painting, and remained self taught. He appeared on the Johnny Carson show twice and was a friend of Clark Gable, Hedda Hopper, and Howard Hughes. A local character and celebrity, he died in Lake Elsinore on June 24, 1993. Serl's paintings are... Read full biography
Jon Serl was born in Oleans, New York on November 6, 1898. Jon Serl (né Joseph Searles) was one of three assumed names. Early in life he was a peripatetic female impersonator and vaudeville performer known as "Slats". When the silent film era ended in the late 1920s, he was called Jerry Palmer, a voice-over artist for actors whose voices did not fare well in talkies, and during the Depression he was Ned Palmer, a migrant fruit picker. After WWII he moved to the desert near Palm Springs, took up painting, and remained self taught. He appeared on the Johnny Carson show twice and was a friend of Clark Gable, Hedda Hopper, and Howard Hughes. A local character and celebrity, he died in Lake Elsinore on June 24, 1993. Serl's paintings are figurative and narrative, often with mystical elements, and often with elongated people at play. His works . Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesContemporary American Folk Art A Collectors's Guide
1996Rosenak, Chuck and Jan320 pages (color)Still Working Underknown Artists of Age in America
1994
(Exhibition catalog)Parsons School of Design208 pages (color)American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artists
1993Maresca, Frank, Roger Ricco298 pages (color)Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of 20th Century Folk Art and Artists
1990Rosenak, Chuck and Jan416 pages (color)