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Childhood in South Africa and in California; studying and teaching art at the California School of Arts and Crafts; influential teachers including Xavier Martinez and Isabelle Percy West; commercial art work; studying and working with Hans Hofmann; artists, patrons, museums and galleries in San Francisco; WPA art project; teaching art at University of California, Berkeley. Photographs inserted. Appended: catalog for an exhibition, June 1959; newsclippings (some photocopies).

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Title
Glenn A. Wessels, Education of an artis; tape recorded interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1966
Creator
interviewee., Wessels, Glenn A. 1895- (Glenn Anthony),
interviewer., Riess, Suzanne B.,
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000133
Subject (Person)
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966.
Subject (Corporate)
California College of Arts and Crafts (Oakland, Calif.)
Federal Art Project. California.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Art.
Subject (Topic)
Artists California.
Artistes Californie.
Geographic Coverage
United States -- California -- Berkeley.
Type
Audio
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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