Biografie von Roy KERSWILL (1925-2002)

Birth place: Bigbury, Devon, England

Addresses: Jackson Hole, WY; living in Teton Village, WY, in 1976

Profession: Painter

Studied: Plymouth College Art, England; Bristol College Art (scholarship).

Exhibited: AAPL, 1950-; May Gal., Jackson, WY, 1970s.

Member: AAPL; Artist Equity Assn.

Work: Jefferson Nat. Expansion Mem., St. Louis, MO; Wyoming State Art Gal.; Mus. Mountain Man; Grand Teton Natural Hist. Assn. Nat. Park, WY. Commissions: hist. murals, Alpenhof Teton Village, WY; First Nat. Bank Englewood, CO & Cheyenne (WY) Nat. Bank

Comments: After military service in 1942-45, he toured Europe painting portraits. He also spent time in Alaska, traveled from British Columbia to New Orleans on a canoe trip, and worked in Calgary and in Denver. Preferred media: watercolors, oils.

Sources: WW73; P&H Samuels, 264.