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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Anonymous Portrait No. 36 by Fletcher Williams, Image 1.

    Fletcher Williams

    Anonymous Portrait No. 36, 2019

    Acrylic on paper

    15 x 11 in (38.1 x 27.94 cm)

  2. The Power/Dude Knolling, Dickinson County, Kansas by Lyle Alan White, Image 1.

    Lyle Alan White

    The Power/Dude Knolling, Dickinson County, Kansas, 1983

    Gelatin silver print

    10 x 8 in (25.4 x 20.32 cm)

  3. CL I by Juergen Strunck, Image 1.

    Juergen Strunck

    CL I, 1976

    Lithograph on paper

    20.625 x 29.5 in (52.39 x 74.93 cm)

  4. Wes Carter Lake, Warren County, Mississippi, 1974 by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Wes Carter Lake, Warren County, Mississippi, 1974, 1974

    Chromogenic print

    24 x 16.125 in (60.96 x 40.96 cm)

  5. Página doblada (Folded page) by Juan Genovés, Image 1.

    Juan Genovés

    Página doblada (Folded page), 1970

    Etching on paper

    19.8125 x 25.875 in (50.32 x 65.72 cm)

  6. Wallace "Pine Top" Johnson and Maudie Shirley, Clarksdale by William R. Ferris, Image 1.

    William R. Ferris

    Wallace "Pine Top" Johnson and Maudie Shirley, Clarksdale, 1968

    Gelatin silver print

    17 x 11 in (43.18 x 27.94 cm)

  7. Evening 9:10, 461 Lenox Avenue by Romare Bearden, Image 1.

    Romare Bearden

    Evening 9:10, 461 Lenox Avenue, 1964

    Collage

    8.75 x 11 in (22.23 x 27.94 cm)

  8. The Return of the Prodigal Son by Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt, Image 1.

    Harmenszoon van Rijn Rembrandt

    The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1636

    Etching on paper

    6.125 x 5.25 in (15.56 x 13.34 cm)

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About the artist

Werner Drewes

American/German

1899-1985

A painter, printmaker and professor of art. Drewes is German-born, but a world traveler. He studied art at the Bauhaus beginning in 1921, but moved to New York City in 1930 due to the restrictive regime of Hitler in Germany. He was a key member in the formation of the American Abstract Artists group alongside artists such as Mondrian and Feininger. Drewes taught at Columbia Universtiy and Washington Universtiy in St. Louis. He aided in the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and has had shows in the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and more.