Westley Olmsted (1934-2011) was a painter and sculptor. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and was a distant relative Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Buffalo’s park system and Central Park in New York. Olmsted attended the Albright Art School and served in the Army in Germany during the Korean War. He exhibited his work extensively throughout Western New York and is included in several collections including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Griffis Sculpture Park, Auburn University Art Department, Anderson Gallery and Penn State Catholic Community, among others.
Discipline:
Visual Art
Westley Olmsted
Discipline:
Visual Art
Region: Buffalo, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1972
Studios
Adams
Westley Olmsted worked in the Adams studio.
Given to the MacDowell Association by Margaret Adams of Chicago, the half-timbered, stuccoed Adams Studio was designed by MacDowell Fellow and architect F. Tolles Chamberlin ca. 1914. Chamberlin was primarily a painter, but also provided designs for the Lodge and an early renovation of the main hall. The studio’s structural integrity was restored during a thorough renovation in…