Val S Welman - Artist Info

About Val S Welman

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    Obituary. Published in The Seattle Times from Aug. 17 to Aug. 18, 2013

    Valentine S. Welman - age 92 of Des Moines, WA, passed away on August 14, 2013 at Judson Park. He was born in Oklahoma City, OK on June 16, 1921, and moved with his family to Phoenix, AZ. Encouraged by his father, an architect, Val displayed an immense talent for drawing and painting from a young age, first painting watercolors of the Arizona desert. He attended Phoenix Jr College, Arizona State College (now ASU), the Art Center School in Pasadena, CA, earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts at the University of Denver in 1952, and an M.F.A. from the University of Colorado in 1954.

    Val taught art at the University of Colorado for two...

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