Biografie von Henry Wellington WACK (1875-1955)
Birth place: Baltimore, MD
Death place: Santa Barbara, CA
Addresses: Covina, CA; Santa Barbara, CA
Profession: Painter, writer, lecturer, designer
Studied: L. Dabo; N.R. Brewer; H.S. Hubbell; F. Spenlove-Spenlove (London)
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1920-21, 1928; Salons of Am., 1926, 1928, 1929
Member: AAPL; Authors Club, New York & London; fellow, Royal Geographical Soc., London; Brooklyn SA; PS; Lime Rock AA; SSAL.
Work: Newark Mus.; High Mus. Art; Delgado Mus. Art; PAFA; Lincoln Mem. Univ., Harrogate, TN; Mary Washington College, Univ. Virginia; Hickory Mus. Art; Vanderpoel Collection; Covina Public Library; Salisbury (CT) Public Librart; San Antonio; Ft. Worth, TX; Elks Club, St. Paul, MN; Whistle House, Lowell, MA; Library Collection, Birmingham, AL; Antioch College, Ohio; Roerich Mus., NYC; NYPL; permanent exh., Catskill Mountain cabin of John Burroughs.
Comments: Position: founder & first editor, Field & Stream. Author: books on camping and outdoor life; In Thamesland"; "Victor Hugo and Juliet Drouet"; "Story of the Congo".
Sources: WW53; WW47 reports Wack's birth date as 1875, as does Marlor, Salons of Am. "