Coverlet
Cornelius Christoffels
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.6 x 26.6 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.587
About the Artist
Cornelius Christoffels
Cornelius Christoffels, born in the Netherlands on April 6, 1879, was a freelance artist known for landscape painting and commercial illustration. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of specific teachers or art schools. In 1922, he immigrated to the United States, settling first in Los Angeles, California, where he built a career over many years creatin...