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Hans Waldemar Wessolowski
Born1893
Died1948 (aged 54–55)
StyleScience fiction, pulp fiction
MovementIllustration
Amazing Stories Quarterly, fall 1929, cover art by Wesso
Amazing Stories Quarterly, fall 1929, cover art by Wesso

Hans Waldemar Wessolowski (Graudenz, Germany August 19, 1893 – Westport, Connecticut 1948)[1] was an artist best known for his many cover illustrations for early pulp magazines like Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories, Strange Tales [2] and Clues. His nickname in pulp world was "Wesso" and it is this name that is most commonly cited wherever his art is given credit.

According to Gail Thompson, the great niece of Wesso's wife, Minnie Ross Wessolowski, Hans Wesso came to America in June 1914 in New Orleans, where he jumped ship and swam to shore.

Works

The following is a partial list of his published artwork, according to William Contento's website 'The FictionMags Index' and the French website 'Noosfere':

Notes

  1. ^ Artist Biography & Facts Hans Waldemar Wesso - askART
  2. ^ Ed Hulse, The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps. Murania Press, 2009, ISBN 0-9795955-0-9 (pp. 187, 210).

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