Miniature Chest
Carl Buergerniss
1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 36.2 x 44.5 cm (14 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" high; 10 1/2" long; 7" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.15892
About the Artist
Carl Buergerniss
**Carl Buergerniss** (1877–1956) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who later made his home in Island Heights, New Jersey. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, a leading institution that shaped many American artists of his era, and exhibited there regularly from 1901 to 1930. While specific teachers are not documented in available sources, his training a...