The Wellesley Society of Artists

The Wellesley Society of Artists (WSA) became an official organization in 1933 as a small group of accomplished artists. The goals of the Society, then as now, were to promote exhibitions of consistent high quality and to encourage the appreciation of art in every way...

Margarett Sargent: A Tragic Life of Privilege

Margarett Sargent was a major international artist and socialite. Born in Wellesley in 1892, she was the granddaughter of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell and his wife, Elizabeth Pratt Welles Hunnewell. Hunnewell had amassed a large fortune in finance, railroads, mining, and...

A Reconstructive Surgeon Tries His Hand at Painting

During his career as a plastic, hand, and reconstructive surgeon, Robert Savage melded art with his medical experience to not only improve people’s lives, but to do so as skillfully and as beautifully as he could. Today, Savage brings his aesthetic skills to a...