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1889 Brookville, Indiana - 1973 Cincinnati, Ohio. Known for: Child and Indian portrait painter, marine scenes.
Born in Brookville, Indiana on January 7, 1889, Bessie Wessel moved to Cincinnati as a youngster. She received encouragement to pursue a career in art from her father, a school teacher. In 1906, she... Read full biography
Born in Brookville, Indiana on January 7, 1889, Bessie Wessel moved to Cincinnati as a youngster. She received encouragement to pursue a career in art from her father, a school teacher. In 1906, she enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy, first studying with Lewis Henry Meakin and then Herman... Read full biography
Born in Brookville, Indiana on January 7, 1889, Bessie Wessel moved to Cincinnati as a youngster. She received encouragement to pursue a career in art from her father, a school teacher. In 1906, she enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy, first studying with Lewis Henry Meakin and then Herman Wessel. Frank Duveneck invited her to join his classes, which she attended from 1909 to 1915. She became a frequent exhibitor of her portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and miniatures which she painted on... Read full biography
Born in Brookville, Indiana on January 7, 1889, Bessie Wessel moved to Cincinnati as a youngster. She received encouragement to pursue a career in art from her father, a school teacher. In 1906, she enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy, first studying with Lewis Henry Meakin and then Herman Wessel. Frank Duveneck invited her to join his classes, which she attended from 1909 to 1915. She became a frequent exhibitor of her portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and miniatures which she painted on ivory. From 1917 to 1919, she was President of the Women's Art Club. In 1915, she joined the faculty of the Art Academy, but worked so hard she became overly tired and resigned two years later. However, while teaching she got to know her colleague... Read full biography
Born in Brookville, Indiana on January 7, 1889, Bessie Wessel moved to Cincinnati as a youngster. She received encouragement to pursue a career in art from her father, a school teacher. In 1906, she enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy, first studying with Lewis Henry Meakin and then Herman Wessel. Frank Duveneck invited her to join his classes, which she attended from 1909 to 1915. She became a frequent exhibitor of her portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and miniatures which she painted on ivory. From 1917 to 1919, she was President of the Women's Art Club. In 1915, she joined the faculty of the Art Academy, but worked so hard she became overly tired and resigned two years later. However, while teaching she got to know her colleague and future husband Herman Wessel. The two were married in August of 1917 at the home of Fra... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesBreaking With Tradition: Ohio Women Painters, 1870-1950
2005
(Exhibition catalog)Shearer, Christine Fowler64 pages (color)Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historical Women Artists
2004Newton, Judith Vale390 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesHerman and Bessie Wessel At Home and Abroad
1997
(Exhibition catalog)Cyran, Carol A55 pages (color)A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss479 pagesMantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986Opitz, Glenn B (editor)1,081 pagesWho Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesDictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie851 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pages