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1927 New Orleans, Louisiana - 2017 New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for: Portrait, landscape and still-life painting, interior, wildlife etching, teaching.
"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017. Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding... Read full biography
"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017. Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding teachers at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, died Jan. 23 at his home. He was 89. Weller taught... Read full biography
"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017. Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding teachers at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, died Jan. 23 at his home. He was 89. Weller taught drawing, painting, landscapes and figure drawing at the school, which opened in 1978. He kept working until about four years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, his wife Nancy Weller said. In recent... Read full biography
"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017. Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding teachers at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, died Jan. 23 at his home. He was 89. Weller taught drawing, painting, landscapes and figure drawing at the school, which opened in 1978. He kept working until about four years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, his wife Nancy Weller said. In recent years, “even as sick as he was, he would do small still lifes that are just beautiful,” she said. “He was a very honorable man. He never made concessions to somebody just for the money.”. Weller was born in New Orleans in 1927 and grew up in... Read full biography
"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017. Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding teachers at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, died Jan. 23 at his home. He was 89. Weller taught drawing, painting, landscapes and figure drawing at the school, which opened in 1978. He kept working until about four years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, his wife Nancy Weller said. In recent years, “even as sick as he was, he would do small still lifes that are just beautiful,” she said. “He was a very honorable man. He never made concessions to somebody just for the money.”. Weller was born in New Orleans in 1927 and grew up in Kingsville, Texas. He joined the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of sergeant. This was in a time of relative peace... Read full biography
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"New Orleans artist and teacher Dell Weller dies at 89," online, The Advocate, New Orleans newspaper, by Dennis Persica, February 3, 2017.
Local artist Melvin "Dell" Weller, one of the founding teachers at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, died Jan. 23 at his home. He was 89.
Weller taught drawing, painting, landscapes and figure drawing at the school, which opened in 1978.
He kept working until about four years ago, when he was diagnosed with cancer, his wife Nancy Weller said.
In recent years, “even as sick as he was, he would do small still lifes that are just beautiful,” she said.
“He was a very honorable man. He never made concessions to somebody just for the money.”
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