Orlando Gray Wales
Orlando Gray Wales (also O.G. Wales; 1865 – December 30, 1933)[1] was an American landscape painter and Pennsylvania impressionist who lived and painted in Allentown and the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Wales was considered to be one of the best still-life artists of his day.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Wales was born in Philadelphia in 1865.[citation needed] He studied with William Merritt Chase and Alphonse Mucha at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Wales first exhibited in 1912 at the studio of fellow painter and photographer Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth. His painting was one of the first 110 works acquired and exhibited by the Allentown Art Museum upon its opening in 1936.[citation needed]
He maintained an art studio at Tenth and Hamilton streets in Allentown.[2]
As a teacher, his students included John E. Berninger, and Clarence I. Dresibach.[5][6] Wales maintained a lifelong friendship with illustrator, painter, and printmaker Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer,[2][4] who was also raised in Allentown and also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She was the executer of Wales estate after his death in 1933.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary for Orlando G. Wales". The Morning Call. 1933-12-31. p. 20. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Outwater, Myra Yellin (February 11, 2001), "Easton Show Pulls Gems From Area Art Collections.", The Morning Call, pp. F.10
- ^ a b "Many View Exhibit of Canvases Painted by Orlando G. Wakes". The Morning Call. 1923-03-29. p. 5, 12. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Talbot, Kate (1938-02-26). "An Artist Who Takes All the Prizes". Nashville Banner. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schaffer, Stan (1986-03-06). "S. Whitehall man , 83, sees world on canvas". The Morning Call. pp. 214, 215. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Art has become a fulltime job". The Morning Call. 1961-07-23. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orlando G. Wales Painting for Allentown Art Gallery in the Hunsicker School". The Morning Call. 1934-03-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-01-09 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- "Orlando Gray Wales" at Find a Grave
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