Creator:

Wessel, Bessie Hoover, 1889-1973  Search this

Wessel, Herman Henry, 1878-1969  Search this

Names:

Duveneck, Frank, 1848-1919  Search this

Extent:

140 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1914-1972

Scope and Contents:

Mostly photographs of portraits by Bessie Wessel. Also included is a scrapbook of clippings about the Wessels, articles on Frank Duveneck and the Cincinnati Art Club (of which Herman Wessel was president), a biography of Bessie Wessel, three sketches by Herman Wessel, two typed class lectures by Robert Henri, and miscellany.

Biographical / Historical:

Painters; Cincinnati, Ohio. The Wessels studied under Frank Duveneck and others at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Herman Wessel was also an etcher and instructor.

Provenance:

Lent 1974 by Robert Wessel, the Wessels' son.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Portrait painters -- Ohio -- Cincinnati  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.wessbess

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw919c79ee4-aaae-4285-845c-5cd8e74420a7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wessbess