Artist Jack [Jac] Elmo King
Title Untitled - Trail Riders
Media oil on wood board
Size 15 x 22 in. / 38.1 x 55.9 cm.
Frame Size 24.25 x 31 x 1.25 in.
Sold $3,750
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
Notes
signed lower right; framed
Provenance
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.