Still Life with Eggplant
1954
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View on museum website →Medium
color woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 30.16 × 50.8 cm (11 7/8 × 20 in.) sheet: 52.39 × 67.31 cm (20 5/8 × 26 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy
Accession Number
2019.109.31
About the Artist
Werner Drewes
Werner Drewes (1899–1985), born in the village of Canig, Germany, to Lutheran pastor Georg Drewes, demonstrated early artistic talent at Saldria Gymnasium, excelling in painting and woodblock printing. Drafted into the German army at eighteen, he served on the Western Front during World War I, finding solace in sketching amid the horrors of war. Postwar, Drewes pursued architecture at the Technisc...