Glenn Wessels

Glenn Anthony Wessels
Born
Cape Town, South Africa
DiedJuly 23, 1982
Placerville, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Painter, etcher, lithographer, arts educator

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

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

  1. ^ In Memoriam, University of California Academic Senate, University of California, 1985, p. 450
  2. ^ Union List of Artist Names, vol. 4, Q-Z, ed. Murtha Baca, G. K. Hall, Getty Art History Information Program, 1994, p. 612
  3. ^ "ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)". www.getty.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. ^ Karlstrom, Paul J. (1996). On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art, 1900-1950. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780520088504. OCLC 464217134. Archived from the original on 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  5. ^ a b c "Glenn A. Wessels". The San Francisco Examiner. July 27, 1982. p. 21. Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Glenn Wessels papers, [ca. 1932-1982]". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Glenn Anthony Wessels". Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  8. ^ "Glenn A. Wessels". Oakland Museum of California. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2019.
  9. ^ "Glenn Wessels". The Met. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2019.