Wellwood Project Heritage Archive

Genevieve and Wellwood Nesbit and Friends

1926 through 1950--Maple Bluff, Wisconsin

Our “Wellwood Project Heritage Archive” is a work-in-progress. Below are links to collections of short articles appearing over the years in local newspaper accounts of events in the lives of Genevieve and Wellwood and their group of friends.

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Documents & Stories

Images

Newspaper Article Collections

Mrs. and Mr. Hefty at the 1941 opening of the Salon of Art.
Genevieve with her original "Self-Portrait" by Grant Wood. She loaned the picture to a 1940 Madison Art Association exhibition held at the Memorial Union in observance of Art Week. From The Capital Times; Nov 17, 1940; p.15.
From left to right: Mrs. Hugh Payne Greeley, Mrs. M. S. Slaughter, Mrs. Wellwood M. Nesbit and Mrs. Oskar Hagen assisting in receiving the 600 guests at the 1934 formal opening of the Wisconsin Salon of Art.