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Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing]

Title: Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing]

The collection consists of identified individuals and groups connected to the University of California, primarily from the Berkeley campus and the system-wide administration.

ArchivalResource: Ca. 4500 items

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt438nc76z View

Ferbraché, Lewis. Interviews with Bay Area artists : typescript, 1964-1965.

Title: Interviews with Bay Area artists : typescript, 1964-1965.

Typed transcripts of tape recorded interviews, relating in large part to art and artists during the 1930s and the WPA. Includes interviews with Willis Foster, Otis William Oldfield, Roger Sturtevant, and Glenn Anthony Wessels; also interview with Alfred Frankenstein. Harvey, Oct. 16, 1984.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26624207 View

WESSELS, GLENN. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122450394 View

Glenn Wessels typescripts

Title: Glenn Wessels typescripts

Reel NDA 1: Typescript of an article by Wessels, "Modern American Art," concerning government patronage of the arts.

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Vaclav Vytlacil papers

Title: Vaclav Vytlacil papers

The papers of abstract painter and art instructor Vaclav Vytlacil date from 1885-1990 and measure 5.2 linear feet. Found within the papers are scattered biographical materials, correspondence, scattered business and financial records, and notes and writings including lecture notes. The papers also contain audio recordings of interviews of Vytlacil and his associates, artwork by Vytlacil and others, four scrapbooks, printed material including clippings and exhibition catalogs, and photographs of Vytlacil, his colleagues, and his artwork.Scattered biographical materials include documents relating to family history and biographical accounts for Vytlacil. Correspondence consists of letters exchanged between Vytlacil and his wife and colleagues including Josef Albers, Worden Day, Hugo Feigl, John Haley, Alfred Jensen, Irving Manoir, Mercedes Matter, Worth Ryder, Ernest Thurn, and Glenn Wessels.Scattered business and financial records consist of teaching contracts and scattered financial records. Notes and writings include lecture notes, notebooks concerning teaching, minutes of meetings, essays, and writings by others. Three untranscribed sound recordings on cassette contain an interview of Vytlacil by Susan Larsen and interviews of Vytlacil's students and associates.Artwork consists of drawings and prints by Vytlacil and others, etchings by Betty Vytlacil, and a color woodcut by Zalmar. Four scrapbooks contain printed materials and artwork by students compiled as a get-well gift to Vytlacil. Additional printed materials include numerous clippings, exhibition catalogs, and art school catalogs. Photographs in the collection are of Vytlacil, family members, his artwork, and his colleagues including Blanche Lazzell and Irving Manoir with Diego Rivera. One small motion picture film reel, 8mm, shows views of Manhattan and a family outing.

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Pepper, Stephen C. (Stephen Coburn), 1891-1972. Festschrift presented to Stephen Coburn Pepper, 1952.

Title: Festschrift presented to Stephen Coburn Pepper, 1952.

Presented to him upon his retirement by his colleagues in the Art Department, University of California, Berkeley. Includes letter by D.A. Amyx, promissory deed of gift by Worth Ryder, and original graphics by Chiuro Obata, John Haley, Walter Horn, Erle Loran, Ward Lockwood, Felix Ruvolo, Karl Kasten, James McCray and Glenn Wessels.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/214661259 View

Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979

Title: Catalogue I of the Regional Oral History Office, 1954-1979

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Oral history interview with Glenn Anthony Wessels

Title: Oral history interview with Glenn Anthony Wessels

An interview of Glenn Anthony Wessels conducted 1964 February 14, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art.

OralHistoryResource: 3 sound tape reels ; 7 in. (54 p. transcript)

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94dde02aa-35dd-4952-b0ba-90a577acfebc View

Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), 1895-. Glenn Wessels letters : to Nathan Oliveira : TLS, 1980-1982.

Title: Glenn Wessels letters : to Nathan Oliveira : TLS, 1980-1982.

Correspondence addressed to a friend and fellow painter discusses his life as an artist, reminisces about notable artists, and offers views on art criticism and tips on instruction. Included also is a handwritten letter from Wessels' widow, Rita, informing Oliveira of his correspondent's death.

ArchivalResource: 37 items (100 pp.) in box (.25 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81541225 View

Glenn Wessels papers

Title: Glenn Wessels papers

Biographical material, 1953-1981; 15 letters from Hans and Maria Hofmann, and two from Wessels to Hofmann, 1952-1964; correspondence with Ila Limerick and Peace and Pauline Alvarez regarding mostly their planned but uncompleted biography of Wessels, ca. 1959-1968; miscellaneous correspondence; typescripts of lectures by Wessels; photographs of Wessels, including one by Imogen Cunningham, 1956, Wessels with others, one of his work, and one by Wessels (?) of an outdoor scene; newspaper clippings and printed material, undated, 1959-1967 and 1982; and miscellany, 1932-1966.

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Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984. Vaclav Vytlacil papers, 1928-1975.

Title: Vaclav Vytlacil papers, 1928-1975.

Revised draft of memoirs covering life as an artist in Munich, his studies with Hans Hofmann, association with Worth Ryder, the development of American abstract art, etc., with related letters, including letter from Glenn A. Wessels commenting on the memoir; lectures, with notes, on contemporary European painting and sculpture, given at the University of California, Berkeley, 1928-1929; and letters to Lois Stone. reel 1: folders 1-5; reel 2: folders 6-14.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 1 box.Copies : 2 microfilm reels : negative (BNEG Box 1597) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83548340 View

Wessels, Glenn Anthony, 1895- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Wessels, Glenn Anthony, 1895- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/198872198 View

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966. Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung, 1915-1931.

Title: Form und Farbe in der Gestaltung, 1915-1931.

Carbon typescript text of the first part, Die Form, of an unpublished textbook by Hofmann on art theory and abstract art, consisting of 205 heavily annotated pages with numerous diagrams and a few photographs. Accompanied by an English translation by Glenn A. Wessels, also with 64 diagrams and 8 photographs.

ArchivalResource: 2 items : ill. ; 6.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78062084 View