Emerson Woelffer

American · 1914–2003 · Painter, Printmaker

Emerson Seville Woelffer, was an American artist and arts educator. He was known as a prominent abstract expressionist artist and painter and taught art at some of the most… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Emerson Woelffer, Untitled, 1948, oil on Masonite (double-sided)UntitledLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $38,100≈ £28,285≈ €32,497Sign up to see
  2. Emerson Woelffer, Birds and Black Sun, 1956, oil on canvasBirds and Black SunBonhams · $37,500≈ £28,283≈ €31,820Sign up to see
  3. Emerson Woelffer, Untitled, 1946-51, oil on linenUntitledLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $27,720≈ £21,825≈ €26,408Sign up to see

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Emerson Seville Woelffer, was an American artist and arts educator. He was known as a prominent abstract expressionist artist and painter and taught art at some of the most prestigious colleges and universities. Woelffer was one of the important people in bringing modernism to Los Angeles, when he taught at Chouinard Art Institute.

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Born 1914, ChicagoDied 2003, Los AngelesOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q5370951 ↗ULAN 500021738 ↗

abstract expressionism

Also known as Emerson S. Woelffer, Emerson Seville Woelffer

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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