Herman Van Kessel (Dutch, 1878-1967) Katherine Hepburn Hollywood Portrait | Annex Auctions
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Herman Van Kessel (Dutch, 1878-1967) Katherine Hepburn Hollywood Portrait
A framed airbrushed Hollywood Portrait drawing of Katherine Hepburn by Herman Van Kessel. Signed in the lower right corner.
Dimensions: Drawing - 13.5H x 10.5W inches, Frame - 15.5H x 12.5W inches
Exhibited Columbia College, CA 2010
Van Kessel was born in 1878 Ravenstein, Holland to a long lineage of artists going back to the 17th-century. From an early age he was trained in freehand drawing and oil painting until at 16, his family moved to the United States and settled in Minnesota. Working as a lumberjack, he saved enough money at 20-years old to move to Chicago and study art and air brush technique. In 1920, he moved and settled in Los Angeles, California to open his own studio downtown on 7th street working in conjunction with a photography studio featuring clients such as Loew’s Statem, Graumann’s Chinese, Hollywood Pantages, and RKO Theaters. In the mid to late 1930s, Van Kessel did not agree to join the union and as a result lost many of his employed artists and movie work, forcing him into working alone by 1940. He built his own studio behind his home in Glendale, California supporting himself off retouching photos for theater lobby display with great enhancement, earning the note as the best airbrush artist on the West Coast. The Herman Van Kessel collection of air brush portraits were painted during the last years of his career (1930-‘45).
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Condition:Great. Some wear visible on the frame but no wear visible to the portrait. It was not examined out of frame. Please see photos.
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