Kennedy, Norman Merle

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Kennedy, Norman Merle

Kennedy, Norman Merle (1895-1975) .

Normandy Coast by Norman Merle Kennedy (1895-1975)

40" x 30", Oil/Canvas, Signed

Est.: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $6,325 on 6/21/2005
ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Muralist, bookplate designer, illustrator. Born in Colorado on May 11, 1895.

By the 1920s Kennedy had moved to southern California. After a brief career as a silent screen actor, he settled in La Jolla. While there, he appears to have been most active as a muralist.

In the 1930s he moved to Florida and became one of the nation's leading magazine illustrators.

Kennedy died in La Jolla, CA on July 19, 1975.

Murals: U.S. Bldg & Loan Ass'n (San Diego); Hollywood Chamber of Commerce; Casa Romantica (San Clemente). ~ San Diego Union, 1-24-1930, p. 10; DR.

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