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John Wesley

1928–2022

WA-00005613

PaintingPost-ImpressionismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

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Works in Collection

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ1425302

MoMA

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated+1· 88%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/6316
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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No biography available for John Wesley yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (17)

Under the Sea of Japan

1999 · Color screenprint on white wove paper

43.9 × 28.6 cm (17 1/4 × 11 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

B's Foot

1974 · Gouache and collage on white wove paper

52.9 × 45 cm (20 7/8 × 17 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bird Lady, from the portfolio 11 Pop Artists, Volume II

1965 · Silkscreen on off-white wove paper

60.6 × 76 cm (23 7/8 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

WattsOS

11 Pop Artists, Vol. I: Maiden

1965 · color screenprint on thick wove paper

Image and Sheet: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

WattsOS

11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Bird Lady

1965 · color screenprint on thick wove paper

Cleveland Museum of Art

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1901 · pen on paper, ink

height: 425 cm, width: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1899 · printing on pencil, paper

width: 425 cm, height: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Brief aan Philip Zilcken

1898 · writing (processes) on paper, ink

width: 425 cm, height: 425 cm

Rijksmuseum

Benjamin Rouse

1819 · oil on canvas

Unframed: 55.5 x 43.9 cm (21 7/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Alexander Anderson

1815 · Oil on canvas

34 x 27 in. (86.4 x 68.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ellen Vanderpoel McCoy

1813 · Oil on panel

35 x 26 3/16 in. (88.9 x 66.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Elizabeth Freeman Duran

1812 · Watercolor on ivory

3 1/8 x 2 7/16 in. (7.9 x 6.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gulian Verplanck

1811 · Oil on panel

28 1/2 x 33 1/8 in. (72.4 x 84.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Gentleman

1809 · Watercolor on ivory

3 x 2 3/8 in. (7.6 x 6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Robert Dickey (Anne Brown)

1807 · Oil on wood

34 1/2 x 27 11/16 in. (87.6 x 70.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Robert Dickey

1807 · Oil on wood

34 1/2 x 27 5/8 in. (87.6 x 70.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Thomas Abthorpe Cooper

1805 · oil on wood

Unframed: 86.2 x 66.5 cm (33 15/16 x 26 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

17 published of 34 catalogued · 30 with image

The Met
7 published7 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published2 img
Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
+ 1 more source · 17 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1898 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Brief aan Philip Zilcken
1901 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
11 Pop Artists, Vol. I: Maiden
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
11 Pop Artists, Vol. II: Bird Lady
1965 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Thomas Abthorpe Cooper
1805 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Benjamin Rouse
1819 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

16 assets

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum

Smithsonian Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artsy

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Relationships

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Surrealism

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

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