Artist Jack [Jac] Elmo King
Title Untitled - Thundering Hooves
Media oil on wood board
Size 15.5 x 23.5 in. / 39.4 x 59.7 cm.
Frame Size 22.5 x 30.75 x 1.75 in.
Estimate $5,000 - $7,000
Notes
signed lower right; framed
Provenance
from a Calgary estate
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.