Francis Robert Kelly

Art Brokerage, Francis Robert Kelly b. 1927-2012. Francis Robert Kelly was born in Minnesota in 1927. After a brief career in the US Navy he studied art in Los Angeles, Honolulu and Paris. He then became assistant to the Printmaker John Paul Jones at UCLA. In 1955 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and moved to London where he lived ever since. There he got a degree in etching and started a successful career as printmaker. His work has been shown in numerous museums and galleries throughout the UK and can be found in many major collections both in the UK and the USA. Apart from printmaking, Kelly also painted and was an expert art restorer having published several books on art restoration. He worked in two main genres landscapes and nudes. He died in 2012. Listings wanted.