Glenn Anthony Wessels | |
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Born | Cape Town, South Africa |
Died | July 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.
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]