Stone Beer Mug
Carl Buergerniss
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 44.1 x 36.4 cm (17 3/8 x 14 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 1/2" Tall 4 1/4" Dia.(base)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.5093
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...