Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Emmett Kelly
Work: Limited Edition, Print on Satin Paper,
Medium: Satin Paper
Year: (1898-1979)
Style: Classic Art
Title: Tis the Season,
Size: 9" x 7" x 0.1'' inch, (23 x1 8 x 0.2 cm)
Framed: 17'' x1 3.5'' x 1'' inch, (43 x 34x5 cm) Ready to Hang.
Biography
Artist Emmett Kelly is best known as the creator of Weary Willie, a character who reinvented the typical clown. Kelly left Houston, Missouri, and moved to Kansas City in 1919, carrying little with him except his portfolio of drawings. Emmett Kelly's artwork of Weary Willie features a man with a scruffy beard, torn denim overalls, regular hat, and somber face. In 1937, Kelly joined the Bertram Mills Circus where Weary Willie made his debut and was well received.
The success of artist Emmett Kelly's Weary Willie portrayal garnered him movie roles, figurines based on his likeness, and a spot with Ringling Brothers' Barnum and Bailey...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints