Flower Pot
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 36.8 x 28.3 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: Rendered exact size.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6238
About the Artist
Fritz Boehmer
Fritz Boehmer (1875–1942) was a Czech-born American painter whose career bridged personal portraiture and public documentation of folk art traditions. Little is known about his early life or formal training, which remains sparsely documented; however, by 1895, he was producing intimate portraits, such as *Gertrud Boehmer* at the Toledo Museum of Art, suggesting skill in miniature and figure work h...