Herman Henry Wessel Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Herman Henry Wessel Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 29, 2024
Herman Henry Wessel Gouache, "St. Tropez"
Est: $100 - $200
Herman Henry Wessel (American 1878-1969) "St. Tropez, " gouache and graphite on cardboard, signed and titled lower left, matted and framed. Dimensions: 9.25 x 7 in. image size, Condition: Toned.
Neue Auctions
Mar. 10, 2024
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969)
Est: $800 - $1,100
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969) SailboatsCincinnati oil on board framed 12"h x 16"w overall: 18.25"h x 22.25"w
Treadway Gallery
Oct. 22, 2023
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Oil (Cincinnati)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Oil on canvas, untitled, couple skiing taking a break during beautiful sunny winter day. Signed lower right. Housed in original gold frame. Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist, original owner, private collection. Sight - 27 x 35 1/2, frame - 33 x 41.
Main Auction Galleries
Oct. 22, 2023
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Oil (Cincinnati)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Oil on artist's board, untitled, marine scene with ships. Signed lower right. Housed in gold frame. Provenance: The collection of Martha Seamon. Sight - 12 x 16, frame - 18 1/4 x 22 1/4.
Main Auction Galleries
Oct. 22, 2023
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Oil (Cincinnati)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Oil on board, "Winter Landscape" signed lower right. Housed in gilded frame. Provenance: Private collection, Cincinnati, OH. Sight 19 x 23, Frame - 26 x 30 1/4.
Main Auction Galleries
Jun. 14, 2023
Herman Wessel, Ink Sketch with Tempera on Silver Paper
Est: $50 - $100
Christmas themed drawing by Wessel, with Closson's sticker to reverse. 5.5" ht. x 7.5" wd.
Caza Sikes
Apr. 15, 2023
FRESH TO THE MARKET HERMAN WESSEL BERGEN, NORWAY HARBOR
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
WESSEL, Herman Henry, (American, 1878-1969): Busy Dockside Harbor Scene with Sunset Glow, Bergen, Norway. Oil/Board, 14'' x 16'', signed and titled lower right, original painted frame, 17'' x 18.75''. Partial original Cincinnati Art Club exhibition label affixed verso.
Burchard Galleries Inc
Nov. 20, 2022
Herman Henry Wessel (1878 - 1969)(Indiana/OH) Oil
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Oil on canvas. Whistling Bay. Signed lower right. 25 x 18 site. On frame; Hollywood Frame Shop "expert" picture frame, 5467. Holyywood Boulevard, Art Western Avenue Hemtstead #1523. Born January 16, 1878 in Vincennes, Indiana, Herman Wessel was a child of Prussian immigrants. He attended the strict German Lutheran school in Vincennes and became fluent in the German language. At age 13, he inherited money from his father, who had died, and he moved to Cincinnati to study art in this community whose prominent art leaders were Henry Farny, L.H. Meakin, Edward Potthast, Joseph Sharp, and Frank Duveneck. He enrolled in the Cincinnati Art Academy in 1896 and studied with Caroline Lord and Duveneck, and from Duveneck learned the principles that guided his painting throughout his career. In 1904, he went to Europe and studied at the Royal Academy in Munich, where Duveneck had studied. Wessel attended the Acadamie Julian in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens. While in Paris he also studied at the Academie Colarossi and was honored with a medal for excellent draftsmanship and was a part-time instructor.In 1908, he returned to Cincinnati and began a forty-year teaching career at the Art Academy. Many traveling exhibitions came to the Academy, and through these, he was exposed to Impressionism. He exhibited paintings all over the country including the San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Society of Western Artists and the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. He traveled extensively in Europe and painted in Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts and did numerous murals for public buildings. While in Europe, he stayed in Brussels, Paris, and Brittany on the Ile aux Moines. In Paris, Wessels and Jacob Kunz, a fellow artist, frequented the Dome Cafe, a favorite of Parisian artists, and often joined such patrons as Picasso. As soon as World War I broke, the two artists were forced to return to Brittany and eventually home.In 1917, he married Bessie Hoover, also an Academy faculty member, and together they became leading figures in the art world of Cincinnati. They shared a studio near their home in Eden Park, where they spent the rest of their lives and often exhibited together. They spent most of their summers away from home traveling in Europe and throughout the United States. Herman enjoyed artistic challenges and the complex procedures and strategies involved in mural painting. Throughout Cincinnati he completed murals for the Belvedere apartments, Federal Reserve Building, the Salem Presbyterian Church and the solarium of Holmes Hospital. In the 1940s, he became an active restorer of paintings of Cincinnati collectors, and he and Bessie became experts on authenticating Duveneck paintings. In the 1960s, he produced etchings and monotypes as well as paintings and, having experimented a bit with modernism, returned to a more naturalist-impressionist tradition. He suffered a severe auto accident and had cataracts but continued to paint until the autumn of 1967. That same year he was awarded the Cincinnati MacDowell medal for distinguished service in the arts. On April 13, 1969 at age ninety-one, he died having touched the lives of many well-known artists and created paintings of lasting quality.
Main Auction Galleries
Feb. 23, 2022
"Sun Hats", Oil on Canvas
Est: $300 - $500
Oil on canvas, monogrammed u.l., with type label for title in frame liner, as well as inscription on verso. 23.5" x 19.5" (sight), 29" x 25" (framed).
Caza Sikes
Dec. 12, 2019
Herman Wessel and E.T. Hurley Etchings
Est: $150 - $300
Herman Wessel and E.T. Hurley Etchings 20th century. Three framed etchings, two by Hurley (dated 1916 and 1923) and one by Wessel, each signed l.r., one of the Hurley's with inscription To Mr. Walter Closson; largest 13.5 x 15.5 in. (frame).
Cowan's Auctions
Aug. 09, 2019
Herman Wessel and E.T. Hurley Etchings
Est: $300 - $500
20th century. Three framed etchings, two by Hurley (dated 1916 and 1923) and one by Wessel, each signed l.r., one of the Hurley's with inscription To Mr. Walter Closson ; largest 13.5 x 15.5 in. (frame).
Cowan's Auctions
Jun. 23, 2019
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Watercolor (Cincinnati)
Est: $600 - $800
Watercolor on paper, "Main Street, Rockport Massachusetts". Signed lower right 10 3/4 x 16 1/2 Sight. Frame 23 x 27.
Main Auction Galleries
May. 07, 2018
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Portrait of Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), Oil on canvas,
Est: $250 - $350
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Portrait of Frank Duveneck (1848-1919), Oil on canvas, Signed lower right. Framed dimensions: h: 26 x w: 19 in. H: 21 1/2 W: 14 1/2 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Mar. 28, 2018
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Portrait of Frank Duvenak, Oil on canvas,
Est: $300 - $500
Herman Henry Wessel (1878-1969) Portrait of Frank Duvenak, Oil on canvas, Signed lower right. Framed dimensions: h: 26 x w: 19 in. H: 21 1/2 W: 14 1/2 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Oct. 26, 2014
HERMAN HENRY WESSEL, (American, 1878-1969), RED HEAD, 1917; oil on canvas;, 20 1/4 x 16 in. (24 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Est: $400 - $600
HERMAN HENRY WESSEL (American, 1878-1969) RED HEAD 1917; oil on canvas; signed and dated H.H. Wessel, 1917, c.r.; 20 1/4 x 16 in. (24 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)
Grogan & Company
Sep. 14, 2014
Painting, Herman Henry Wessel
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969), Gloucester Harbor, oil on board, signed lower right, sight: 6.75"h x 9"w, overall (with frame): 14"h x 16.5"w
Clars Auctions
Feb. 20, 2010
Still Life by Herman Wessel, Oil on Canvas
Est: $500 - $700
Herman Henry Wessel (American/Cincinnati, 1878-1969), ca 1930, depicting oranges in curtained backdrop, with Wessel's distinct HHW monogram inscribed on verso; 20 x 24 in.
Cowan's Auctions
Oct. 17, 2008
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969) Rockport
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969) Rockport Scene oil on canvas signed l.r. 30" x 36" Born in Indiana, Herman Wessel studied under Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. An active muralist, Wessel also taught at the Academy for forty years, and was awarded with various honors throughout his career. Wife and fellow artist, Bessie Hoover Wessel was also active in the Cincinnati art scene at the time.
Cowan's Auctions
Oct. 17, 2008
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969) Sunday
Est: $300 - $500
Herman Henry Wessel (American, 1878-1969) Sunday Morning in Rockport, Ain't no Law Against Sunday Art pencil and watercolor on paper signed l.r. 8.5" x 10.25"
Cowan's Auctions
Apr. 11, 2008
Herman Wessel, viking ship w/flags & people
Est: $600 - $800
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Viking ship at dock with pennants and American flag, watercolor, 13" x 10", signed.
Stuart Holman
Jan. 12, 2008
Portrait by Cincinnati Artist Herman Wessel,
Est: $300 - $500
(American, 1878-1969), oil on canvas. Signed H.H.W. lower left; inscribed To Mr. Ritsman and Wessel on verso. In oak and gilt frame; 19.5" x 23.5" (sight), 24" x 28" (w/frame).
Cowan's Auctions
Oct. 19, 2007
Herman Wessel oil portrait of ET Hurley 1941
Est: $300 - $500
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Portrait of E.T. Hurley, 1941, oil on canvas-board, 13" x 10.25", signed To My Friend E.T. Hurley, H.H. Wessel, St Patrick's Day 1941, from the Hurley family.
Stuart Holman
Jun. 01, 2007
Herman Wessel (American, b. 1878), "House";
Est: -
Herman Wessel (American, b. 1878), "House"; etching, signed, framed, 9.5" x 13"; with Herman Wessel (American, b. 1878), c. 1925, lot of three pencil sketches, (not shown), Sterns, KY and Mountain Cabin, Barsell, KY, unsigned, 3 x 5 each; with a pencil drawing, (not shown), unsigned, 10 x 13
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 01, 2007
Herman Wessel (American, b. 1878), Liquor Store,
Est: -
Herman Wessel (American, b. 1878), Liquor Store, pencil and watercolor on paper, unsigned, framed, 9.5 x 7.5; with a pencil and watercolor, (not shown), Gloucester, signed, dated 1962, framed, 9 x 11.5, Cincinnati painter
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Apr. 20, 2007
Herman Wessel, Dock scene gouache, bell tower
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Dock scene with distant bell tower, gouache and mixed media, 12" x 9.5", signed, old Traxel Art Galleries Cincinnati label to reverse.
Stuart Holman
Apr. 20, 2007
Herman Wessel, portrait artist with palette
Est: $500 - $800
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Portrait of artist with palette, oil on canvas, 24" x 20", initials to front, back signed Wessel and dedicated To Mr Ritsman.
Stuart Holman
Apr. 20, 2007
Herman Wessel, still life oil on canvas w/fruit
Est: $500 - $800
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Still life with fruit and blue vase, 1954, oil on canvas, 16" x 20", initials to front, signed and dated to back.
Stuart Holman
Nov. 03, 2006
Herman Wessel, still life oil painting with fruit
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Herman Henry Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969, Still life with fruit and vase, 1954, oil on canvas, 16" x 20", signed, dated reverse.
Stuart Holman
Nov. 04, 2005
Lot of three sketches by Herman Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969: Pen & ink street illustration, 6" x 6", unsigned. Pencil study of pigs, Stearns KY, 3" x 5", unsigned. Pencil industrial scene, 3" x 5", unsigned.
Est: $200 - $400
Lot of three sketches by Herman Wessel, Cincinnati, 1878-1969: Pen & ink street illustration, 6" x 6", unsigned. Pencil study of pigs, Stearns KY, 3" x 5", unsigned. Pencil industrial scene, 3" x 5", unsigned.
Stuart Holman
May. 06, 2001
Herman Henry Wessel (American, b.1878), "Dancing Girls", c.1900; drawing heightened with white,
Est: $400 - $600
15" x 12", signed. Cincinnati artist and a student of Duveneck. He exhibited at the Society of Western Artists, Corcoran Gallery, and the Art institute of Chicago. He taught at the Cincinnati Art Academy.
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers