Doorway, Wall Painting and Doors

Doorway, Wall Painting and Doors by Edward Jewett

Medium

watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

Dimensions

overall: 35.5 x 26.5 cm (14 x 10 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Doors: 5'9 1/2"x9'3 1/2". Max extens., wall ptgs.: 11'x16'

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.5963

About the Artist

Edward Jewett

Edward Taylor Jewett (1868–1955) was an American artist whose career bridged traditional academic painting and the documentation of vernacular American crafts. Born on March 28, 1868, in New York, Jewett pursued formal training in the late nineteenth century, studying at the Académie Julian in Paris and later under the portraitist J. Carroll Beckwith in New York City. This rigorous education equip...

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