Bessie Hoover Wessel (1889-1973)
Bessie Wessel was an Indiana-born artist who received her early education through the Cincinnati Art Academy among figures such as Frank Duveneck, Lewis Henry Meakin and Herman Wessel. She later taught at the same institution and was strongly represented in the city. She married her former teacher, Herman Wessel, and the two traveled abroad in summers and worked in Cincinnati for the remainder of their lives. Following the death of Frank Duveneck, Wessel became an authority on authenticating his paintings, a result of their close friendship and her time spent under his tutelage.
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