WERNER DREWES
A founding father of American abstraction
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Werner Drewes was a painter, printmaker, Atelier 17 Teacher, WPA Arts Manager, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was a driving force bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Werner Drewes continues to inspire us, even after his death.
Some notable achievements:
- Founding member of the American Abstract Artist Group
- Professor at Brooklyn College, Columbia U & Washington U
- Featured Solo Artist of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Werner Drewes Retrospective: An interview with the artist’s granddaughter
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EASTON — The Werner Drewes Retrospective, an exhibition at the Academy Art Museum that runs through March 2, 2022, brings together more than 65 of Werner Drewes’s fine prints, paintings and gouaches from throughout his lifetime.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
It is a rare artist who can foster the discipline and work ethic, generate fresh creative ideas and continue to produce with the craftsmanship of a true master through a 65 year career, while still contributing to the abstract art culture, sustaining teaching career, nurturing future artist and raising a family as Werner Drewes has done. Called the father of America Abstractism, he provided some of the first pure abstract pieces of art in this country after leaving censorship in Hitler’s Germany in the 1930s.
A NOTE TO COLLECTORS
Papers, works of art, photos, letters & interviews by and about the artist are now available online to the public. Hard copies are also available for viewing upon appointment at the Archives of American Art, part of the Smithsonian Institute. LEARN MORE