Werner Drewes (American/German, –1985)

Timeline

1899
Born July 27, 1899, in Canig, Germany
1919–1920
Studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg and at the Stuttgart School of Arts and Crafts in Stuttgart
1921–1922
Studied design at the Bauhaus (Weimar) with Klee, Itten and Schlemmer, Weimar, Germany
1927–1928
Studied again at the Bauhaus (Dessau) with Kandisky and Feininger
1930
Emigrated to New York, NY
1934
Drewes met Katherine Dreier, founder of the Societe Anonyme, a circle for sharing ideas about avant-garde art among European and American artists.
1934–1936
Taught drawing and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum, under the auspices of the Federal Art Project.
1936
Became a citizen of the United States and joined the American Artists Congress
1937
Founding member of the American Abstract Artists
1937–1940
Instructor in painting, drawing and printmaking, Columbia University, New York, NY
1940
Appointed Director of the Works Progress, Graphic Art Division, New York, NY
1941–1942
Technical Supervisor of the Graphic Arts Project of the WPA, New York, NY
1946
Instructor in Design, Institute of Design, Chicago, Chicago, IL
1947–1949
Worked with Max Beckmann
1946–1965
Professor of Design and Director of First Year Program, School of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1965
Retired from teaching and moved to Bucks County, PA
1972
Moved to Reston, VA
1985
Died in Reston, VA

Exhibitions

2006
Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1930s through 1980s, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2004
Edmondson vs. Drewes: Relief vs. Intaglio, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Werner Drewes 1899-1985, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2003
Werner Drewes: A Bauhaus Artist 1899-1985, Lakewood, CO (solo)
2000
Werner Drewes: Essential Forms, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1999
Americans and Expatriates: Nonobjective Painting in America 1920-1950, David Findlay Fine Art, New York, NY
1997
Werner Drewes: Facets of Abstraction, Paintings, Woodcuts, Drawings, Collages 1920s to 1980s, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1996
Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
1994–1995
Werner Drewes: Paintings and Works on Paper, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
1992
Werner Drewes: A Retrospective View, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1990
Werner Drewes: A Retrospective Exhibition, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1985
Memorial Exhibition, AAA, New York, NY (solo)
1984
65 Years of Printmaking, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1984
Werner Drewes: Bauhaus Roots Nurtured in America, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
1965
Retrospective, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1959
25th Anniversary National Fine Prints Competition, AAA, New York, NY
1936
Societe Anonyme, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
1931
Societe Anonyme, Buffalo, NY

Public Collections

National Museum of American Artists, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Mitchner Museum, Doylestown, PA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Gallery, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
English (US)

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