April 17, 2024
Colorful Biomorphic Abstraction Gouache Attributed to Werner Drewes
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Often credited with bringing the Bauhaus arts and crafts aesthetic to America, Werner Drewes created paintings, collages, woodcuts, and etchings in a variety of abstract styles. 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. The rigorous design of these images evokes architecture and household objects in the manner of Cubism, but he would later turn towards a freer and more complete abstraction, drawing influence from Wassily Kandinsky . He was also a student of Paul Klee. After coming to the United States from Germany in 1930, he became a major figure in the development of abstract art in America. His work can be found in most major art museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Library of Congress to name a few.Artwork for sale is a gouache on art paper depicting colorful biomorphic images against a black background. The piece is signed "Drewes" in white paint at the lower right (see photo 2). There is no paperwork to help with the authentication of this painting so it is being sold as "Attributed to Werner Drewes". The piece measures 12" x 18"
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