William Persona Signed mixed media painting, signature in red to the lower right corner reads ‘Persona’, plaque to lower border reads ‘Persona’, information affixed to verso on artist, subject a portrait of a clown in a suit crying, mixed media possibly includes oil pastel and collage, linen inner border, gold leaf hand carved wooden frame, measures 26.25 inches tall by 22.25 inches wide, not examined out of frame, William Persona, signed, mixed media, mixed media on board, clown, modern art, contemporary art, American art, clown art, home decor, wall art. 7S Born in West Virginia on April 12, 1903. A painter, art teacher and cartoonist, William Persona (né William A. Parsons) completed over 4000 paintings. He studied in Chicago at the Academy of Fine Arts, and in the 1920s moved to Los Angeles to study at the Otis Art Institute. He was a cartoonist for the "Hollywood Citizen News" and an artist for the "Long Beach Telegram". He also created masks for motion picture studios and taught in the public schools in Los Angeles and