Artist

Wheeler Williams

born Chicago, IL 1897-died Madison, CT 1972
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Wheeler Williams, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0002287
Born
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died
Madison, Connecticut, United States
Active in
  • Paris, France
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Sculptor, a founder and president of the American Artist Professional League. He studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago and architecture at Harvard; portrait, garden and animal sculpture dominated his work.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (3 items)

Mara Superior, Smart Planet: Homage to Science, 2009, porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, and tin pencil sharpener, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc., 2019.7.2
Smart Planet: Homage to Science
Artist
Date2009
porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, and tin pencil sharpener
Not on view
Mara Superior, Roy Superior, Aqua Vitae, 1986 and 1990, joined and painted birch, 23k gold leaf, bone, glass, and metal with hand-built and glazed porcelain, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1996.39A-C, © 1990, Roy and Mara Superior
Aqua Vitae
Artist
Date1986 and 1990
joined and painted birch, 23k gold leaf, bone, glass, and metal with hand-built and glazed porcelain
Not on view
Mara Superior, A Swan's Wedding Day, 2008, porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, bone, ink, and brass pins, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Kohler Foundation, Inc., 2019.7.1
A Swan’s Wedding Day
Artist
Date2008
porcelain, ceramic oxides, underglaze, glaze, wood, gold leaf, bone, ink, and brass pins
Not on view