A student of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, Drewes (1899-1985) was German born but relocated to New York in 1930. He was best known for his studies of forms in nature. Here are some of my favorites of his many woodcuts, along with a few paintings.
Clam Night, wood cut 1968
Dawn of Spring
Assisi (no. 206) wood cut, 1958
Aquatic Ballet, wood cut, 1979
At Play no. 3 (Fight) wood cut, 1973
The Blue Lake, wood cut, 1957
Bats 1944
Contrasting Harmony, Werner Drewes, Oil on vellum, via Richard Norton Gallery
Untitled (Abstraction), Werner Drewes, Oil on vellum, via Richard Norton Gallery
Acrobatics 1974 via
Contrasting Harmony 1970
