Glenn Wessels papers

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...

McChesney, Mary Fuller

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Mary Fuller McChesney, sculptor and art historian of San Francisco and Petaluma, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney, 1994 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979777 McChesney, also known as Mary Fuller, is an art historian, writer, and sculptor. Her book, A Period of Exploration, San Francisco, 1945-1950, was published in 1973 in conjunction with the accompanying exhibition at the Oakland Museum. From the descr...

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...

Haley, John, 1905-1991

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John Charles Haley was an art professor in the Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley. From the description of John Haley papers, 1929-1992. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 85037180 John: Painter, sculptor and educator. Monica: Art educator; San Francisco Bay Area, California. Haley studied with Cameron Booth and Hans Hofmann. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley with other "modernists" Wor...

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Loran, Erle, 1905-1999

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Loran (1905-1999) was a painter, writer, teacher at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of "Cézanne's Compositions: Analysis of his Form, With Diagrams and Photographs of his Motifs" (1943-1963). In 1976, Richard J. Wattenmaker was Chief Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, where he curated the exhibition "Puvis de Chavannes and the Modern Tradition," October 24-November 30, 1975. From the description of Letter from Erle Loran to Richard J. Wattenmaker, 1976 M...

University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Art.

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Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976

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Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) was an American photographer known for her early work in botanical imagery and nudes. During the 1930's, Cunningham explored the industrial and architectural forms of oil refineries, lumber mills, and shipyards. During the 1940's, her focus shifted to documentary street photography. Cunningham remained active, continuing to photograph and organize her work until just before her death at the age of 93. From the guide to the Imogen Cunningham Letter to Geo...

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Alvarez, Peace K.

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Ryder, Worth, 1884-1960.

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Worth Allen Ryder was born on November 10, 1884 in Kirkwood, New York. His childhood was spent in Berkeley, California. He entered UC Berkeley in 1903 and studied for three years before turning to art and studying at the Art Students League in New York, earning at B.F.A. in 1908. He was appointed Lecturer at UC Berkeley in 1927, and held several Professorships before being appointed Professor Emeritus in 1952. Professor Ryder died on February 17, 1960. From the description of Worth R...

Limerick, Ila A.

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