Glen wessels biography
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Object Details
- Creator
- Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), 1895-
- Names
- University of California, Berkeley. Department of Art
- Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984
- Alvarez, Peace K.
- Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976
- Haley, John, 1905-1991
- Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
- Limerick, Ila A.
- Loran, Erle, 1905-1999
- Ryder, Worth Allen, 1884-1960
- Topic
- Fortnightly
- Argonaut (Periodical)
- Occupation
- Painters -- California
- Topic
- Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
- Provenance
- Donated 1991 by Willis Foster, Wessels' brother-in-law.
- Creator
- Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), 1895-
- Biographical / Historical
- Painter, lecturer, critic, and teacher; Berkeley, Calif. Born Captown, South Africa. Studied with Hans Hofmann in Munich. Professor of Art at University of California at Berkeley.
- Extent
- 0.4 Linear feet
- Date
- [ca. 1932-1982]
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.wessglen
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Reproduction Note
- Hofmann letters and miscellaneous correspondence: photocopies.
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Hofmann letters and miscellaneous correspondence: Location of originals unknown.
- Scope and Contents
- Biographical material, 1953-1981; 15 letters from Hans and Maria
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Glenn Wessels
American painter
Glenn Anthony Wessels (1895 – July 23, 1982)[1][2][3] was a Cape Colony-born American painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator. He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.
Life
[edit]Wessels was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony.[4] He emigrated to the United States with his family as a child.[5] He attended the University of California, and he was trained by Hans Hofmann in Munich, Germany.[6]
Wessels was a painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator.[7] He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.[5] Wessels was an artistic mentor to notable American painter Thomas Kinkade.
Wessels died on July 23, 1982.[5] His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[7] the Oakland Museum of California,[8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[9]
References
[edit]- ^In Memoriam, University of California Academic Senate, University of California, 1985, p. 450
- ^Union List of Artist Names,
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