RUSSELL IREDELL

"PORTRAIT OF ACTRESS JAQUELINE DE WITT"

WATERCOLOR, SIGNED

AMERICAN, DATED 1950

30 X 20 INCHES

Russell Iredell

1889-1958

Iredell was born in New Brunswick, NJ on Feb. 28, 1889.

Iredell studied with Henry McCarter, Cecilia Beaux, Daniel Garber, Charles Grafly, Wm M. Chase, and at the PAFA.

By 1922 he had settled in Los Angeles as a portrait painter of Hollywood celebrities and artistic director of the Hollywood Bowl.

His illustrations appeared in national magazines.

Iredell died in Los Angeles, CA on May 14, 1958.

Exh: Cannell & Chaffin Gallery (LA), 1923; Laguna Beach AA, 1943-46; Laguna Beach AA, 1945, 1952.