A294, 1945 Ink and gouache on paper 20 x 26 inches
A295, 1942 Ink on paper 19 ¾ x 26 inches
A297, 1942 Crayon and watercolor on paper 19 7⁄16 x 25 ⅞ inches
A204, 1946 Gouache on paper 11 ¾ x 17 ¾
A207, 1946 Gouache on paper 10 ⅜ x 13 ⅜ inches
A208, 1946 Gouache on paper 10 ¾ x 14 inches
A215, 1946 Gouache on paper 10 x 13 ¼ inches
A215, 1946 Gouache on paper 11 ⅜ x 17 ¼ inches;
Garden with Sculpture, 1944 Oil on canvas 5 ½ x 10 ½ inches
Composition 117 (Yellow on Green), 1935-36 Oil on canvas 5 ½ x 9 inches
Forms in Balance, 1949 Oil on canvas 22 x 16 inches
Composition in Brown, 1973 Oil on canvas 33 x 44 inches
Composition 117 (Interlocking Forms), 1935-36 Oil on canvas 36 x 46 inches
Sunrise Landscape Watercolor on paper 8 x 6 inches
Summer School Washington University, 1956 Oil on canvas 29 x 36 inches
Mississippi Levee, 1948 Watercolor 19 ¾ x 26 inches
Autumn Day in Missouri, 1950 Watercolor 12 x 17 ¾ inches
Missouri Harvest, 1950 Watercolor 17 ¾ x 20 ¼ inches
Catskill Leeds, 1942 Oil on canvas 22 x 33 inches
Festive City 1978 Oil on canvas 36 x 32 inches
Celebration, 1982 Oil on canvas 40 x 24 inches
Winter Morning, 1952 Oil on canvas 16 x 26 inches
Delaware Valley in Autumn, 1948 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches
Isolated Units, 1970 Oil on canvas 28 x 41 inches
Chinese Garden, 1983 Oil on canvas 44 x 34 inches
Duet in space, 1983 Oil on canvas 20 x 36 inches
Purple Pendulum, 1984 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches
Penetration, 1984 Oil on canvas 28 x 40 inches
Abstract SOLD Oil on board 12 x 20 inches
Under Tall Trees, 1963 SOLD Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches
Mountain Flowers Watercolor on paper 23 x 17 inches
Seascape SOLD Watercolor on paper
Spanish Town, 1956 Gouache on paper 8 ¼ x 10 ½ inches
Untitled, 560, 1979 Mixed Media 10 ½ x 13 ½ inches
Mississippi Bluffs Color woodcut
Mississippi Bluffs Color woodcut (Artist's Proof)
Spring Color woodcut
Giant Redwoods Color woodcut
Cathedral of the Redwoods Color woodcut
Sunny Day, In the Redwoods Color woodcut
Autumn Color woodcut
Winter, St. Louis Color woodcut
Green Moon Color woodcut
Open Construction Color woodcut
Open Construction Color woodcut
Summer Heat Color woodcut
Circle and Square Color woodcut
Abstraction SOLD
Decent into the Mojave Desert Color woodcut 12 x 24 inches
Shimmering Waters, 1962 Color woodcut 11 ½ x 17 inches
Tree at Night Color woodcut 11 ¼ x 16 inches
Manhattan, 1945 Color woodcut 17 ¾ x 11 ½ inches
Evening Walk, 1977 Woodcut 18 x 14 inches
In the Woods, 1980 Woodcut 18 x 14 inches
Self Portrait, 1973 Woodcut 24 x 17 inches
African American Boy, 1930 Woodcut 13 ½ x 9 inches
Gandi, 1931 Woodcut 11 ½ x 9 inches
Cree, 1973 Woodcut 17 x 11 inches
Apache Geronimo, 1973 Woodcut 21 x 13 ½ inches
Floating Seeds I, 1951 Color Woodcut 16 x 9 ½ inches
Death of a Day Lilly I, 1954 Color Woodcut 19 x 23 inches
Forest Clearing, 1964 Color Woodcut 16 x 21 ½ inches
Monuments of the West, 1965 Color Woodcut 9 x 24 inches
Canyon Floor, 1965 Color Woodcut 11 x 21 inches
Summer Day, 1969 Color Woodcut 11 ½ x 21 inches
Nocturn, 1970 Color Woodcut 11 x 18 inches
Dreams, 1965 Color Woodcut 9 x 24 inches
Desert Landscape, 1972 Color Woodcut 11 ½ x 17 ½ inches
Escape, 1975 Color Woodcut 9 x 20 inches
Entanglement, 1976 Color Woodcut 14 ½ x 11 inches
Green Vision, 1981 Color Woodcut 11 x 16 inches
Trespassing, 1984 Color Woodcut 11 x 14 inches
Expanding Force, 1974 Woodcut 15 x 11 inches
Death of a Day Lilly I Intaglio Print – Engraving 15 x 10 inches
b. 1899, Niederlausitz, Germany
d. 1985, Reston, Virginia
Born in Niederlausitz, Germany, on July 27, 1899. Drewes was a pupil of Klee and Kandinsky. He arrived in San Francisco in 1926 and lived there for one year. While there, he created about 23-29 etchings, drypoints, and aquatints of landscapes, cityscapes, nudes, and portraits (including one of Albert Bender). In 1927, he left for Japan and Korea and returned to NYC in 1930. During the 1950s, he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Drewes died in Reston, VA, in 1985.
Source: Edan Hughes, “Artists in California, 1786-1940” Werner Drewes: A Catalog RaisonnÈ by Ingrid Rose; Who’s Who in American Art 1936-70; Social Security Death Index (1940-2002).
2026
Werner Drewes: Retrospective, McCaughen & Burr Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO
1985
Werner Drewes: A Retrospective, National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC
1984
Werner Drewes: Woodcuts and Paintings, Georgetown University Art Gallery, Washington, DC
1977
Werner Drewes: Prints and Drawings, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
1972
Werner Drewes: A Retrospective Exhibition of Prints, Washington University Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO
1968
Werner Drewes: Prints and Paintings, Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, NY
1965
Werner Drewes: Woodcuts and Paintings, Washington University School of Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1959
Werner Drewes: Woodcuts and Watercolors, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
1954
Werner Drewes: Prints and Paintings, Associated American Artists, New York, NY
1948
Werner Drewes: Prints and Paintings, Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY
1942
Werner Drewes: Woodcuts and Paintings, Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD