Three Quart Beer Pitcher
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: Rendered exact size: (Approx 11 3/4" High x 4 1/4" Wide base)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6299
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...