Al Jolson (Original)

Al Jolson art by Jack Keay

Al Jolson (Original)


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Artist: Jack Keay
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 12" x 10" (300mm x 260mm)
Date: 1975
Code: KeayJolsonLL

This is the unique original Watercolour painting by Jack Keay.

The jazz singer Al Jolson.

This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 681, 1st February 1975.
  • Artist Biography
    Jack "John" Edwin Keay (10 May 1907 - 1999; King's Norton, UK)
    Artist who contributed a variety of illustrations and covers to Look and Learn. When he signed his work, it was usually as “Jack Keay”. Jack Keay was born in King's Norton, Worcestershire, on 10 May 1907. Little is known about Keay's career, but he was a popular book cover artist who worked for Pan, Panther, Hutchinson, Fontana and Four Square in the 1957-62 period.

    Keay illustrated a number of books in the 1970s and 1980s, including The Change of Life by Muriel E. Landau (1971), Gunfighters of the Wild West by Eric Inglefield (1978), American Civil War by Philip Clark (1988), American War of Independence by Philip Clark (1988) and Viking Explorers by Rupert Matthews (1989). He died in Hounslow, London, in 1999, aged 92.

    Jack Keay is not to be mistaken for John R. Keay (qv) who also contributed to Look and Learn.
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