J. Clinton Shepherd (Amer., 1888-1975), "Saturday Night Hell-Raisin'", oil on canvas

sight: 30 x 40 in., frame: 39.5 x 49.5 in.

Provenance: Property from the estate of a Farmers Branch, Texas gentleman

J. Clinton Shepherd, sculptor, painter and illustrator, was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1888. He became an illustrator in New York, doing covers for the Saturday Evening Post, Colliers magazine and also dust jackets for various novels. Shepherd moved to Florida in 1938 to accept a position as Art Instructor at Barry College in Miami. After several years in that position, he moved to Palm Beach to become the first Director of the Norton Gallery School of Art in West Palm Beach. He died in Palm Beach, Florida, at age 86 and was actively painting in his studio at the time of his stroke from which he died two days later.

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