Tom Bostelle

Career

Wyeth prize from the Chester County Art Association while still very young. In 1947, he had his first one-man exhibition and rose to prominence alongside Andrew Wyeth. The two artists—who lived only a couple of miles apart—frequently exhibited in the same shows.

Achievements

• A native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Bostelle won an North Carolina

Interests

• Artists

  He credited Cézanne as a major influence in his early career, and also admired the work of artists as diverse as Giacometti, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.