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James Lesesne Wells

James Lesesne Wells (1902 - 1993) was active/lived in Georgia.  James Wells is known for Painting, printmaking-linocut, teacher.

James Lesesne Wells 1902-1993
Artist, educator

James Lesesne Wells left a mark on the art world that goes beyond his own work as a painter and printmaker. In the 39 years he spent teaching art at Howard University, Wells helped mold the skills and launch the careers of a generation of African American artists.

Wells’s work itself was pioneering in its use of African influences. He was also one of the earliest American artists to concentrate his efforts on printmaking. In making that choice, Wells sacrificed much of the acclaim he would have likely received as a painter in order to create reproducible works of art that he hoped would be accessible to ordinary working people, African Americans in particular, to whom fine art has long been unavailable because of financial constraints.

James Lesesne Wells was born in Atlanta in 1902, the son of a Baptist minister and a kindergarten teacher. Wells’s mother, Hortensia Lesesne Wells, encouraged him to explore art at   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14903 characters.]  Artist bio

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