Claim: Frank Wesley, who spent two years (1958-1960) in the United States at the Art Institute of Chicago (one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States), made art based on both biblical and secular themes using water colours, oil paintings, miniatures, and wooden carvings, a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. .
Evidence: After two years (1958-1960) in the United States at the Art Institute of Chicago, Wesley returned to India. The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Wesley made art based on both biblical and secular themes. He used water colours, oil paintings, miniatures and wooden carvings. Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.