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Werner Drewes Biography
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1899 |
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Born July 27, 1899, in Canig, Germany
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1919 - 1920 |
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Studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg and at the Stuttgart School of Arts and Crafts in Stuttgart
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1921 - 1922 |
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Studied design at the Bauhaus (Weimar) with Klee, Itten and Schlemmer, Weimar, Germany
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1927 - 1928 |
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Studied again at the Bauhaus (Dessau) with Kandisky and Feininger
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1930 |
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Emigrated to New York, NY
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1934 |
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Drewes met Katherine Dreier, founder of the Societe Anonyme, a circle for sharing ideas about avant-garde art among European and American artists.
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1934 - 1936 |
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Taught drawing and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum, under the auspices of the Federal Art Project.
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1936 |
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Became a citizen of the United States and joined the American Artists Congress
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1937 |
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Founding member of the American Abstract Artists
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1937 - 1940 |
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Instructor in painting, drawing and printmaking, Columbia University, New York, NY
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1940 |
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Appointed Director of the Works Progress, Graphic Art Division, New York, NY
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1941 - 1942 |
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Technical Supervisor of the Graphic Arts Project of the WPA, New York, NY
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1946 |
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Instructor in Design, Institute of Design, Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1947 - 1949 |
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Worked with Max Beckmann
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1946 - 1965 |
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Professor of Design and Director of First Year Program, School of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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1965 |
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Retired from teaching and moved to Bucks County, PA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2006
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Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1930s through 1980s, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2004
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Edmondson vs. Drewes: Relief vs. Intaglio, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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Werner Drewes 1899-1985, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2003
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Werner Drewes: A Bauhaus Artist 1899-1985, Lakewood, CO (solo)
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2000
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Werner Drewes: Essential Forms, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1999
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Americans and Expatriates: Nonobjective Painting in America 1920-1950, David Findlay Fine Art, New York, NY
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1997
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Werner Drewes: Facets of Abstraction, Paintings, Woodcuts, Drawings, Collages 1920s to 1980s, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1996
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Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
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1994 - 1995
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Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
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1992
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Werner Drewes: A Retrospective View, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1990
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Werner Drewes: A Retrospective Exhibition, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1985
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Memorial Exhibition, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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65 Years of Printmaking, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
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1984
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Werner Drewes: Bauhaus Roots Nurtured in America, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1965
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Retrospective, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (solo)
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1959
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25th Anniversary National Fine Prints Competition, AAA, New York, NY
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1936
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Societe Anonyme, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
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1931
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Societe Anonyme, Buffalo, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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National Museum of American Artists, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
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San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
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Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Mitchner Museum, Doylestown, PA
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA
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Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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National Gallery, Washington, DC
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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| Links to further information |
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