"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and the hapless comic-strip husband Dagwood Bumstead, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Fredericks & Freiser, the New York gallery that has represented his work for many years. In a prolific career of more... Read full biography
"John Wesley, an Artist Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down, Dies at 93," Obituary by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, February 10, 2022. With his cartoon-like work that seemed to plumb the American subconscious, he was celebrated as a Pop artist, a surrealist, an eroticist and more. John Wesley, a painter of flat, cartoonish figures that seemed to spring not from the well of Pop Art but from some deeper, stranger reservoir of the American unconscious inhabited by floating babies, rubbery nudes and the hapless comic-strip husband Dagwood Bumstead, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. His death was confirmed by Fredericks & Freiser, the New York gallery that has represented his work for many years. In a prolific career of more than five decades, Mr. Wesley, who was known as Jack, had the great distinction and occasional critical misfortune... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (19)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Birth of the Cool From Georgia O'Keeffe to Christopher Wool (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Curiger, Brice
144 pages (color)
Pop Art A Critical History
1997
Madoff, Steven Henry (editor)
420 pages (color)
Community of Creativity A Century of MacDowell Colony Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1996
Storr, Robert/Tom Wolf
103 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Hand-Painted Pop American Art in Transition 1955-62 (Exhibition catalog)
1993
Ferguson, Russell (editor)
256 pages (color)
Pop Art A Continuing History
1990
Livingstone, Marco
271 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Twentieth Century American Drawin The Figure in Context (Exhibition catalog)