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From John & Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art

  1. Garden of a Zen Temple by Shiro Kasamatsu, Image 1.

    Shiro Kasamatsu

    Garden of a Zen Temple, 1964

    Woodblock

    14.5 x 9.8125 in

  2. Atlas Eclipticalis 1950.0 by Antonin Becvar, Image 1.

    Antonin Becvar

    Atlas Eclipticalis 1950.0, 1964

    26 x 19.75 in

  3. Apples and Lemons by Mary Lou Anthony, Image 3.

    Mary Lou Anthony

    Apples and Lemons, 1964

    Screenprint

  4. Clifton McChesney

    Maypole, 1964

    Lithograph

    9.5 x 27.5 in

  5. Clifton McChesney

    Interval, 1964

    Lithograph

    13 x 17 in

  6. Desertscape by James McCormick, Image 1.

    James McCormick

    Desertscape, 1964

    Oil

    45.25 x 69.25 in

  7. Double page headpiece (pages 67-70) from 1¢ Life by Bram Van Velde, Image 1.

    Bram Van Velde

    Double page headpiece (pages 67-70) from 1¢ Life, 1964

    Lithograph

    20 x 13.5 in

  8. White Square by David Mandell, Image 2.

    David Mandell

    White Square, 1963

    Lithograph

    11.625 x 9.75 in

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About the artist

Charles Wells

American

1935–2017

Charles Wells, a Quaker artist, is a sculptor of wood and marble as well as an etcher of complex mixed intaglio prints. Several years after graduating from Amherst College, he received his first and only essential art instruction with an apprenticeship to Leonard Baskin from 1961 to 1964. In place of study in a traditional art school, Wells chose to learn directly from a master artist, according to the apprenticeship system established in medieval times. As a result of his artistic achievement during these apprenticeship years he won the prestigious Prix de Rome, which granted him a Fellowship to study at the American Academy in Rome from 1964 to 1966. After three years in California and Vermont, Wells returned to Italy, living in the "marble" town of Pietrasanta until 1976.
Since then, Wells has lived, and quietly but steadily practiced his art, on the old family farm in Washington Crossing, Bucks County.
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