Glenn Wessels

Glenn Anthony Wessels (1895 – July 23, 1982) was a Cape Colony-born American painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator. He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Life

Wessels was born in Cape Town, Cape Colony. He emigrated to the United States with his family as a child. He attended the University of California, and he was trained by Hans Hofmann in Munich, Germany.

Wessels was a painter, etcher, lithographer and arts educator. He was a professor at the California College of the Arts, Washington State University, and the University of California, Berkeley. Wessels was an artistic mentor to notable American painter Thomas Kinkade.

Wessels died on July 23, 1982. His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Oakland Museum of California, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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1895 births

1982 deaths

Artists from Cape Town

Cape Colony emigrants

Immigrants to the United States

California College of the Arts faculty

Washington State University faculty

University of California, Berkeley faculty

American male painters

20th-century American painters

American etchers

American lithographers

20th-century American male artists

20th-century lithographers