biografía de James Lesesne WELLS (1903-1991)

Lugar de nacimiento: Atlanta, GA

Direcciones: Wash., DC

Profesión: Painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator, teacher

Estudios: Lincoln Univ.; Teachers College, Columbia Univ. (B.S. & M.A.); NAD, with Frank Nankivell.

Exposiciones: NYPL, 1921; Harmon Fnd., 1931 (gold), 1933 (prize); Delphic Studios, 1932 (solo); Brooklyn Mus., 1932 (solo); NJ State Mus, Trenton, 1935; American Negro Expo, Chicago, 1940; Dillard Univ., New Orleans, 1941; Inst. of Modern Art, Boston, 1943; NAD, 1946; LOC, 1944, 1946; Phila. Pr. Club, 1943-46; Albany Inst. Hist. & Art, 1945; PMG, 1945; Int. Pr. Soc., 1944; Newport AA, 1944; Howard Univ., 1937, 1945; Nat. & Int. Group Show; Soc. Washington Printmakers; Prints of Two Worlds, Stampe di Due Mondi; Temple Univ; Rome, Italy; Wash. WCC, 1959 (award); Smithsonian Inst., 1961 (award); AFA, 1964 (purchase award for Talladega College); Exhib. & Symposium on Black Arts, CMA, 1967; Carl Van Vechtan Gal. A., Fisk Univ., 1967; Smith-Mason Gal., Wash., DC, 1969 (solo); group show, Afro-American Images, State Armory, Wilmington, DE, 1969; Paintings & Prints, Van Vechtan Gal. Art, 1972 (solo)

Asociaciones: AFA; Washington WCC

Obra: PMG; IBM Collection; Hampton Inst.; Thayer Mus., Univ. Kansas; Valentine Mus. Art, Richmond, VA; Howard Univ. Gal. Art; Lincoln Univ.; Fisk Univ.; Spelman College, Atlanta; Atlanta Univ.; Smithsonian Inst.

Comentarios: Teaching: art professor, Howard Univ., retired, 1968.

Fuentes: WW73; WW47; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.