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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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Keywords (36)
Art Method
- •Art Design
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Colored Pencil
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Gouache
- •Oil Paint
- •Tempera
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Woodblock, Woodcut, Wood Engraving
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Regionalism, Local Scene
- •Skyscape, Clouds and/or Storms
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Hawaiian Islands and/or South Seas, Tahiti, Bali
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •California Watercolor Society
Art Teacher
- •Frank Morley Fletcher
Art School
- •Art Center College, School of Design, Los Angeles, Student
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
- •Santa Barbara Art Center School, Student
- •Santa Barbara School of the Arts, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Mural Specialty
- •Walt Disney Studio Artist, Productions/Commissioned
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •National Academy of Design, New York