Artist Jack [Jac] Elmo King
Title Untitled - Field of Seven
Media oil on wood board
Size 17.25 x 23.25 in. / 43.8 x 59.1 cm.
Frame Size 25.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 in.
Sold $2,000
Estimate $4,000 - $5,000
Notes
signed lower right; framed
Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Jack [Jac] Elmo King ~ [1920-1998] American
King was born in Phoenix, Arizona. After serving with the US Navy in WWII, he trained for two years at the Los Angeles Art Centre School. Despite working full-time in the aerospace industry as a draftsman/design engineer, he continued to paint whenever possible. After retirement, in 1970, he painted full-time and his work was marketed exclusively through an agent in Canada. He exhibited for many years at the Calgary Stampede Western Art Auction.