Walter Halsey Abell (1897–1956) was an American Art teacher and theoretician.
[1] Abell taught at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada from 1928 to 1943.
The Carnegie Corporation provided a small grant to help with starting up, and the Maritime Art Association gave organizational support.
"[4] André Charles Biéler organized the first conference of Canadian artists in Kingston, Ontario.
[5] Abell told the delegates at the Kingston conference that Canada was a "cultural plutocracy ... determined by a small group possessing great wealth."