Bessie Wheeler

American painter
Bessie Wheeler, Flower Lei Seller, c. 1900

Bessie Wheeler (1876–?), was an American painter about whom little is known. She painted portraits of people encountered on the streets of Honolulu around 1900.[1] She contributed illustrations to Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and was a member of the Kilohana Art League.[2]

References

  1. ^ Severson, Don R. (1 December 2002). Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 104–5. ISBN 978-0824826574.
  2. ^ Thrum, Thomas C. (1900). Thrum's Hawaiian Annual (PDF). Honolulu. p. 122. Retrieved 2015-07-22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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