Here is a look at some of the latest news on covid19 from the u. Composition viitwo large fighting forms and a row of small forms. The clark art institute is one of a few institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in visual culture. Werner drewes, composition iii arrows into different directions, from the portfolio it cant happen here. Of this exhibition, the critic for the new york sun wrote, mr. Werner drewes young siamese portrait of wing, prince of siam 1926. The smithsonian american art museums luce foundation center for american art is the first visible art storage and study center in washington, d.
Through collecting, preserving, and providing access to our collections, the archives inspires new ways of interpreting the visual arts in america and allows current and future generations to piece together the nations rich artistic and cultural heritage. For four years 1923 to 1927 he travelled the world with his bride, before completing his bauhaus training in dessau in 1929. It will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne of the artists works being compiled by werner drewes fine art. This collection fills a small void in wwii history.
But to have that happen to you in front of millions of television viewers is another story. The following oral history transcript is the result of a taperecorded interview with sylvan cole from june through october, 2000. The surreal worlds of kay sage and yves tanguy june 5 through september 18, 2011. After serving in world war i, drewes studied at the bauhaus in weimar under paul klee, johannes itten, and oskar schlemmer. Werner drewes red on red from it can t happen here 1934. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. His father, a lutheran minister, expected him to channel his artistic talents into a career as an architect, but werner instead chose the vagabond life of an artist. Educated by the foremost artists of the bauhaus, werner drewes arrived in the united states in the early 1930s wellprepared to pass on his knowledge of art fundamentals and printmaking to students in new york and in the heartland. Prince georges county and southern maryland going out guide. The rise of fascism distorted swastika, from the portfolio it can t happen here by werner drewes. Werner drewes 18991985 was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Following military service in world war i, drewes studied architecture and design in berlin and stuttgart. Werner drewes germanamerican, 18991985 country homes, 1935 watercolor on paper 11 14 x 16 34 sight an expressive watercolor by the bauhaus educator and american abstract artists cofounder werner drewes.
But that is exactly what 15 writersmany of them prizewinners or bestsellershave done. Nineteen nineteen was an auspicious year, the war had ended and weimar was to be the capitol of a new german republic. Werner drewes biography annex galleries fine prints. Its exceptional collection includes european and american paintings and sculpture, old master. Jan 07, 2015 going out guide for prince georges county and southern maryland, january 8 to january 14, 2015. View werner drewes biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. Prince georges county and southern maryland going out.
Full text of a bibliography of german literature in. Drewes was powerfully influenced by the bauhaus emphasis on experimentation, abstraction, and the unification of different art forms. Central density werner drewes 1973 oil on canvas reminiscent of ben nicholson, with a bit more colour energy. Werner drewes artwork for sale at online auction werner. As a former atheist, jason now lives to make the living christ known, and to manifest his goodness to all who would hear. Werner drewes germanborn american abstract painter, 18991985 guide to pictures of works by werner. The university began collecting werner drewes prints back in 1978 when it. Wordless picture stories have a unique and especially intimate relationship to their reader.
He began his studies in stuttgart, focusing on architecture and design. Drewes was an active printmaker and painter, and created some of the first abstract woodcuts in this country. Werner drewes germanborn american abstract painter, 18991985 guide to pictures of works by werner drewes in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. Composition viii the two fighters, from the portfolio it. Established in 1971, the annex galleries is a salon style gallery which specializes in 19th, 20th and 21st century american and european fine prints. Aug 11, 2017 photo by werner weiss, 2010 rust stains on the bow you can t blame park management for the rust or the missing letter. Graeber fine art, american fine prints and drawings see more. Shop original werner drewes art and other werner drewes art from the worlds best art galleries. Werner drewes, composition viii the two fighters, from the portfolio it cant happen here. Werner drewes, it cant happen here, 1934, woodcut on paper, smithsonian american art museum, gift of the artist, 1969. May 30, 2011 the katonah museum of art takes visitors on a journey through the subconscious as it presents double solitaire. Drew werner, family medicine doctor in castle rock, co. Going out guide for prince georges county and southern maryland, january 8 to january 14, 2015.
Displayed images include works from his it can t happen here series, as well as his. An accomplished and experienced songwriter, drew has performed a number of australias most wellknown country musicians, including tania kernaghan, beccy cole, adam. The national museum of american arts previously the national collection of fine art held a retrospective of drewess work in 1984. Often credited with bringing the bauhaus aesthetic to america, werner drewes created paintings, collages, woodcuts, and etchings in a variety of abstract styles. The drowner romances people, place, and time through an elemental journey beginning in england, across africa, and on to the vast and thirsty interior of the western australian goldfields. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus.
Chatting with original grease star carole demas, plus betty. The exhibition opens with its title, werner drewes. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of american abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the bauhaus school within the united states. It cant happen here smithsonian american art museum. Werner drewes composition iiwindow, construction on window, from 10blockprints by drewes r. In order to follow the narrative, these works ask the viewer to decipher what has taken place, then connect the dots from one image to the text.
The following oral history transcript is the result of a taperecorded interview with john opper on september 9, 1968, october 15, 1968 and january 3, 1969. Inspired by the book, i traveled to the thalia theater on the upper west. Focusing on his prints, we feature early etchings and woodcuts documenting his life in new york. To this point we could read stories, hear stories, read books on campaigns,look at photographs and film, and even watch full color film of battles see wwii in color dvd, lost color archives dvd, mein krieg dvd, but none of these mediums can convey the things that painting can. Inventory for werner drewes annex galleries fine prints.
Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. It is far more unusual for literature to take its inspiration from art. Displayed images include works from his it can t happen here. Oral history interview with sylvan cole, 2000 juneoctober. Werner drewess woodcut, it can t happen here, from the portfolio it can t happen here, 1934, references sinclair lewiss novel, published around the same date. Set on 140 acres in the berkshires of western massachusetts, the clark offers an unparalleled experience of art in nature. After moving to new york city from germany, drewes created distorted swastika as the cover of his woodcut portfolio, it can t happen here. Werner drewes paintings for sale werner drewes art value. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. Werner drewes composition 8 from it can t happen here 1934.
View werner drewes pieces currently available for purchase, browse his entire collection, and learn more about the artist by. See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Iii 88 woodcut, 1934, on laid japan, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 1xxx rose calls for an edition of 20, published by the artist, with margins, some soft creasing in the margins, otherwise in very good condition, framed. I give my time to provide coaching services for people who can use the help. With an inventory of over 8000 works on paper half of which are available on this website, our focus is american color woodcut, arts and crafts prints, wpa prints, modernist and abstract expressionist prints from the 1940s and 1960s, prints. Jan 28, 2015 prince georges and southern maryland going out guide, jan. Werner drewes abstract print, 1975, from the werner drewes.
Jason werner received the grace of god and was powerfully converted by christ may 2000 in a heartfelt moment of surrender. Organized in partnership with the mint museum of art in charlotte, north carolina, double solitaire. Werner drewes, composition vii two large fighting forms and a row of small forms, from the portfolio, it cant happen here. The katonah museum of art exhibits the works of surrealists. After moving to the united states in 1930, he produced two series of woodcut prints, manhattan 1932 and it cant happen here 1934, which were among the. Louis breaking news, weather, traffic, sports ksdk. Werner drewes 18991985 studied art in stuttgart before joining the weimar bauhaus, a school founded a century ago this year. Drewes moved easily between pure abstraction and expressionistic figuration, occasionally using highly energized abstract forms to express powerful emotions, as in his 1934 woodcut series, it cant happen here.
Drewes was grateful for the right afforded to him in america to freely create controversial images, such as this distorted symbol of the nazi party. Here we can begin to observe the relative strengths of a woodcut created to be. In 1921, he was admitted into the bauhaus where he studied under artists such as klee and muche. There to here is the debut album from drew mcalister, one of the most promising contemporarycountry male singersongwriters to emerge from australia in the past 12 months. Nov 20, 2015 werner drewes 18991985 was born in canig, germany. Featured with a full page illustration in the drewes catalogue raisonne, p. Drew werner is a family medicine doctor in castle rock, colorado and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. Museum collections red on red from it can t happen here werner drewes american, born germany, 18991985. Included are woodcuts from the 1934 portfolio, it can t happen here, drewes first foray into abstraction, and among the first abstract prints created in the united states.
Full text of a bibliography of german literature in english translation see other formats. Werner drewess woodcut, it cant happen here, from the portfolio it. Interviews with the artist, december 1983may 1984, in norelli, werner drewes. Explore thousands of works of art in the collection. Trained as an architect at the bauhaus, drewes merged concerns with art, craft, and functionalism with synthetic cubism in his early work, blending drawing and careful design in highly controlled abstractions. Brunk auctions would like to thank karen drewes seibert for her assistance in cataloguing this painting. Colloquially called, the broken swastika, the work is a geometric abstraction but it is nevertheless recognizable as a political symbol. But art is also a world with its own laws, whether they underlie a painting of realistic or. Werner drewes 18991985 werner drewes initially studied architecture before enrolling, in 192122, at the bauhaus in weimar under klee, kandinsky, itten and feininger. Signed drewes and dated, with the artists symbol in the bottom left. Prince georges and southern maryland going out guide, jan.
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