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1920 Augusta, Georgia - 2001 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Printmaking, snow scene, nude figure and still-life painting, teaching.
ALBERT N. WELLS (1920-2001). Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note... Read full biography
ALBERT N. WELLS (1920-2001). Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the family’s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the... Read full biography
ALBERT N. WELLS (1920-2001). Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the family’s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the state capital of Atlanta, where he was enrolled at Morehouse College. A reciprocal agreement between Morehouse and two nearby historically black colleges—Spelman College and Atlanta University (now... Read full biography
ALBERT N. WELLS (1920-2001). Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the family’s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the state capital of Atlanta, where he was enrolled at Morehouse College. A reciprocal agreement between Morehouse and two nearby historically black colleges—Spelman College and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University)—allowed students to cross-register for classes on the other campuses. Wells was one of many Morehouse men who studied painting under noted artist and teacher Hale Woodruff, the widely respected director of Atlanta University’s... Read full biography
ALBERT N. WELLS (1920-2001). Scarce information is documented about Albert Well’s childhood, outside of his birth in Augusta, Georgia, to William and Elizabeth Wells. Census records from 1930 note the family’s continued residence in that city, but by the end of that decade, Albert had moved to the state capital of Atlanta, where he was enrolled at Morehouse College. A reciprocal agreement between Morehouse and two nearby historically black colleges—Spelman College and Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University)—allowed students to cross-register for classes on the other campuses. Wells was one of many Morehouse men who studied painting under noted artist and teacher Hale Woodruff, the widely respected director of Atlanta University’s art department. Under Woodruff’s tutelage, Wells became a member of the so-called “Outhouse School,” an informal guild of African... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Harlem, New York City
Art Teacher
- •Hale Woodruff
Art School
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Harmon Foundation Award
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Printmaking Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
- •Baltimore Museum of Art
Exhibition of Special Group
- •American Negro Exposition, Chicago 1940