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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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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Miniature Art
- •Miniature, Small Scale Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Caricatures
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •Cincinnati Art Club
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors
Art Teacher
- •Frank Duveneck
- •Herman Wessel
- •Lewis Henry Meakin
Art School
- •Cincinnati Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Miniature Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Hoosier Art Salon-
- •National Association of Women Artists, Painters and Sculptors)
- •Society of Western Artists (1939-Present)