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| | Born in Missouri on Aug. 12, 1890. Wiest moved to California in 1918 and soon settled in Oakland. A steel worker, he painted in his leisure. His skull was fractured while at a local oil refinery on July 10, 1943. Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1928-29. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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