Richard Weers Seagull Beach Coastal Decor Cypress/Cedar Frame Oil Painting

Richard Weers was an American Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in the 20th Century. Richard Weers's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices up to 900 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. After graduating from high school, Richard attended barber college in Cedar Rapids, where he met his future wife, Gloria Wiegner. With the outbreak of the Korean War, Richard enlisted in the Air Force. He and Gloria were married in July of 1952, and they raised three children during a 20-year military career that took the family around the country as well as overseas. Richard also served a one-year tour in Vietnam. While in the military he earned a degree in history, graduating from Texas Lutheran College. After retiring from the Air Force, the couple settled in Converse, Texas, where Richard embarked on a very different career as a professional artist. For the next 35 years he sold his landscape and still life oil paintings to his many collectors through galleries around the country.