Robert Shaw Wesson - Artist Info

About Robert Shaw Wesson

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Robert Shaw Wessen
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    The following was submitted as a bulletin by Dik Wesson:

    My dad was born in 1902 in Worcester, MA. He was an only child of a housewife and a patent attorney. His dad was in fact the patent attorney for the Bazooka used in WWII. His mother taught him art yet he never went to a formal art school. He was a professional dentist, an accomplished photographer, a fanatical orchid grower and obviously an extremely good artist (my opinion) painting landscapes, sea scenes and portraits.

    He graduated from Clark College and Harvard University Dental School, Class of 28 and worked professionally, all his life in Kenmore Square, Boston. He painted weekends and every evening after dinner in a studio that was a ...

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