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Wehr, Wesley
| Last Name: | Wehr |
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| First Name: | Wesley |
| Dates: |
*1929 (Date of Birth)
*2004 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | Wesley Wehr was born on April 17, 1929 in Everett, Washington. He recieved his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Washington. He also studied under painter Mark Tobey. He is the curator of Paleobotony and research associate in Paleontology at the Washington State Museum. He studied verse writing with Theodor Roethke, RIchard Eberhart, and Elizabeth Bishop. He has also studied abroad in England, Holland, France, and Switzerland. He worked and resided in Seattle. He mostly used wax crayons and occasionally he added pastels. He also created meticulous ink drawings. |
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2539.1 (Painting, Swinomish Night, 1967)
3475.1 (Woodcut, Goat Man, 1989)
3496.1 (Drawing, Shaman, 1972)
3496.2 (Drawing, Madame Marigold, 1978)
3496.3 (Drawing, Camano, 1963)
3496.4 (Drawing, Voyage, 1990)
3496.5 (Drawing, Mattawa, 1990)
3496.6 (Collage, Approaching Storm, 1990)
3496.7 (Encaustic, Approaching Soap Lake, 1990)
3496.8 (Drawing, Chrysalis, 1987)
3562.1 (Print, Skykomish, 1991)
3586.1 (Painting, Mountain, 1990)
3678.10 (Painting, "Port Townsend I", 1980)
3678.11 (Drawing, "Entrance to the City", 1978)
3678.12 (Drawing, "Icarus II", 1975)
3678.13 (Drawing, Nesting, 1978)
3678.14 (Drawing, Hovering, 1978)
3678.15 (Drawing, Warrior, 1978)
3678.16 (Drawing, "Monument", 1976)
3678.17 (Drawing, "CROM", 1961)
3678.18 (Print, "Shaman II", 1979)
3678.19 (Painting, "Night Sky", 1980)
3678.20 (Print, "Shaman I", 1976)
3678.25 (Drawing, "Caribbean", 1978)
3678.26 (Painting, "Skeena", 1980)
3678.27 (Drawing, Spawning, 1978)
3678.28 (Drawing, "Family Portrait", 1978)
3678.29 (Drawing, "Wood Witch", 1978)
3678.30 (Drawing, Witch Doctor, 1978)
3678.31 (Painting, "Vantage", 1980)
3678.32 (Drawing, "Alliance", 1978)
3678.7 (Painting, "San Juan Passage", 1980)
3678.8 (Painting, Moses Coulee, 1980)
3678.9 (Painting, "Port Townsend II", 1980)
3850.1 (Print, Arctic Winter, 1968)
4324.1 (Print, Sylvana II, 1999)
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