Emmett Kelly, Sr. was a wonderful artist, but he did not paint other clowns. He did self portrait Cartoons (you can see one on our Emmet Kelly, Sr. facebook page), but not other clowns. He started out wanting to be a political cartoonist, but took a job creating ads in the 1920 for movie theatres which is where he came up with the idea for "Willie", the sad-faced clown character which eventually became his alter-ego. He was my father-in-law and I can vouch for the fact he did not paint/draw other clowns.
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