biografia di Mac WELLS (1925-2009)

Birth place: Cleveland, OH

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter

Studied: Oberlin College (B.A., 1948); Cooper Union, 1948-49; also with Nahum Tschacbasov & Yasuo Kuniyoshi.

Exhibited: solos: Aegis Gal., New York, 1963, A. M. Sachs Gal., New York, 1965 & 1967; PAFA Ann., 1968; Max Hitchinson Gal., New York, 1970 & 1972.

Member: Am. Abstract Artists.

Work: Michener Collection, Univ. Texas, Austin; Aldrich Mus., Ridgefield, CT; Herron Mus. Art, Indianapolis; Purdue Univ., West Lafayette; Univ. Massachusetts, Amherst. Commissions: three-dimensional card, MoMA, 1965.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylics, watercolors, oils. Teaching: instructor in general studio, Hunter College, 1966-; instructor in painting & design, Moore College Art, Philadelphia, 1966-72; painting instructor, Skowhegan (ME) School Painting & Sculpture, 1969.

Sources: WW73; article, New Talent," Art in Am. (July & August, 1965); Lucy Lippard, "New York Letter," Art Int. (November 20, 1965); Falk, Exh. Record Series.