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Charles Henry White (1878-1918) The following is from George Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, whose wife is a relative of the artist: Charles Henry White was born at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1878, and was educated partly in Europe and partly in the United States. He studied for a time at the Art Student League in New York City, working at illustrations and especially pen drawing. It was Joseph Pennell, the prominent American etcher, whom Mr. [...] Click here to continue reading. Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988) Jon Whitcomb has made his name synonymous with pictures of young love and glamorous, beautiful young women. During World War II, a series of illustrations for advertisements he created on the theme, “Back Home for Keeps,” became a pin-up fad for women deprived of their husbands or sweethearts. Jon was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma, and reared in Manitowic, Wisconsin. He attended Ohio Wessleyan University and was graduated from Ohio State University [...] Click here to continue reading. 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 [...] Click here to continue reading. Jose Weiss (French, 1859 to 1919) Jose Weiss was a French artist who moved to England in 1893. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. He was a landscape painter who was influenced by the Barbizon school and frequently painted scenes from the Sussex area. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. John Ellsworth Weis (1892-1962) John Weis, born in Indiana, was a well-known Cincinnati painter who worked in a variety of styles. He served his country in WWI and studied in Paris. He studied under Frank Duveneck, Lewis Henry Meakin, Herman Wessel and other prominent artists at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Weis himself subsequently taught at the Academy for more than 30 years. He passed away in 1962 after a fall in his home. Information [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles T. Webber (American, 1825 to 1911) Charles T. Webber was one of the most influential painters, sculptors and teachers during the Golden Age of Art in Cincinnati in the 19th and early 20th centuries. When Webber’s family moved to Covington, Kentucky in 1858, the artist found work across the river in Cincinnati tinting photographs. Afterward, Webber entered a partnership in a dual photographic/artist’s portrait studio. He was a founding member of the Cincinnati [...] Click here to continue reading. Masood Ali Wilbert Warren (1905 – 1995) Afro-American painter and sculptor Masood Ali Warren attended classes at the Art Students League in New York during the early Thirties. A participant in the WPA artists program, he later obtained Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts degrees from NYU (1939) and Temple University (1961), respectively. Examples of his work have been exhibited at the National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society, and National Arts Club. [...] Click here to continue reading. Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) Wallace Nutting was born in Rockbottom, Massachusetts, in 1861. He was ordained a Congregational Minister in 1887 and while he appeared to excel in this profession, he continually declined calls from one church or another all over the country. He finally settled in 1894 in Providence, Rhode Island, as minister of the Union Church. He resigned from Union Church after a nervous breakdown in 1904 and began to take photographs in [...] Click here to continue reading. William Aiken Walker (1838-1921) Born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1838, William Aiken Walker was somewhat of an artistic child prodigy, exhibiting his first oil painting at the South Carolina Institute at age eleven. Over the next decade he produced numerous still lifes, fish and animal works, portraits and landscapes. In 1860 Walker enlisted as a private in Chaleston’s Palmetto Regiment and was discharged a year later on medical grounds. He continued to serve [...] Click here to continue reading. William Francis von Vreeland W. F. Vreeland (American, 1879 to 1954) studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. He was known as a watercolorist, and worked at Rookwood Pottery Company in the early 1900′s. He was a member of the California Art Club, Artist Council (Los Angeles), Oklahoma Artist League, Artists Ceramic Society of Southern California. He worked in Hollywood from the 1920′s. |
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