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 - 1936

Taught drawing and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum, under the auspices of the Federal Art Project.

1934

Drewes met Katherine Dreier, founder of the Societe Anonyme, a circle for sharing ideas about avant-garde art among European and American artists.

1936

Became a citizen of the United States and joined the American Artists Congress

1937 - 1940

Instructor in painting, drawing and printmaking, Columbia University, New York, NY

1937

Founding member of the American Abstract Artists

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 - 1965

Professor of Design and Director of First Year Program, School of Fine Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

1946

Instructor in Design, Institute of Design, Chicago, Chicago, IL

1947 - 1949

Worked with Max Beckmann

1965

Retired from teaching and moved to Bucks County, PA

1972

Moved to Reston, VA

1985

Died in Reston, VA