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The Newell Building is home to WDAV 89.9, a public radio service of Davidson College and licensed to the Trustees of Davidson College. WDAV provides classical music and cultural arts programming of the highest quality.

Built in 2001-02 specifically to house WDAV radio station, the building is named for Dr. Samuel W. Newell, Jr '39 and minister of Davidson College Presbyterian Church from 1953 to 1961. Works from the Davidson College Art Collection are installed throughout the hallways and meeting spaces.

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WDAV

  1. Robert Doisneau

    La Musique des Puces, from the portfolio Robert Doisneau, 1944, printed 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    9.375 x 11.5 in (23.81 x 29.21 cm)

  2. Robert Doisneau

    Le Petit Balcon, from the portfolio Robert Doisneau, 1953, printed 1979

    Gelatin silver print

    9.125 x 13.25 in (23.18 x 33.66 cm)

  3. Endless Horizon by Werner Drewes, Image 1.

    Werner Drewes

    Endless Horizon, 1975

    Oil on canvas

    34 x 36 in (86.36 x 91.44 cm)

  4. The Persian Sibyl by Giorgio Ghisi, Image 1.

    Giorgio Ghisi

    The Persian Sibyl, c. 1570

    Engraving on paper

    22 x 17 in (55.88 x 43.18 cm)

  5. Philodendron on Porch, Les Saintes by Ralph Gibson, Image 1.

    Ralph Gibson

    Philodendron on Porch, Les Saintes, 1992

    Chromogenic print

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  6. Small Yellow: January 1973 by Patrick Heron, Image 1.

    Patrick Heron

    Small Yellow: January 1973, 1973

    Screenprint on paper

    16.5 x 20.25 in (41.91 x 51.44 cm)

  7. Sycamore and Spanish Moss by Douglas Houchens, Image 1.

    Douglas Houchens

    Sycamore and Spanish Moss, c. 1959

    Oil on canvas

    36 x 27 in (91.44 x 68.58 cm)

  8. Djapangka's Tjuringka by Roger Manley, Image 1.

    Roger Manley

    Djapangka's Tjuringka

    Gelatin silver print

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About the artist

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian

1866–1944

Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky was a law professor at Derpt University before he decided to switch entirely to painting after visiting a French Impressionist exhibit (1895). He attended Anton Azbe's private painting school in Munich (1896), and then switched to Munich Academy of Art (1900), where he studied under Franz Stuck. His early works are mainly landscapes based on color discords. He later moved toward Abstraction, nuanced mixes of color, and geometrically independent elements.