Oral history interview with Glenn Anthony Wessels

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Oral history interview with Glenn Anthony Wessels

1964 February 14

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

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7102551

Archives of American Art

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Wessels, Glenn A. (Glenn Anthony), 1895-

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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. From the description of Glenn Wessels papers, [ca. 1932-1982]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122998 East Bay supervisor of the Federal Art Project (Calif.) and educator, Berkeley, California; Born Capetown, South Africa. Teaches at the University...

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Federal Art Project (Calif.)

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The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the prece...

Ferbraché, Lewis

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Wessels, Glenn, 1895-1982.

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East Bay supervisor of the Federal Art Project (Calif.) and educator, Berkeley, California. Born Capetown, South Africa. Teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. Was a painter for the Federal Art Project in California during the Depression. From the description of Glenn Anthony Wessels interview, 1964 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220197628 East Bay supervisor of the Federal Art Project (Calif.) and educator, Berkeley...