Manhattan
1955
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color woodcut
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.446
Art Historical Context
**Manhattan** (1955) by Werneres is a vibrant color woodcut print from the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection. in the mid-20th century, work captures the artist's fascination with urban energy, evoking New York City's iconic skyline through bold geometric forms and dynamic lines. As a master printmaker, Drewes—trained at the Bauhaus in Germany before emigrating to the States in 1930bridged European modernism with American abstraction, influencing the post-World War II art scene. The color woodcut medium is particularly significant here, demanding meticulous carving of multiple wooden ...
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...