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Eve DreweloweModernist 1945 Abstract Waterfall Watercolor Landscape Painting by Eve Drewelowe1945
1945
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This striking 1945 abstract landscape watercolor by pioneering modernist artist Eve (Van Ek) Drewelowe, titled "The Champagne Cascades, Crescendos, Crashes," is a bold interpretation of a waterfall in motion. Rendered in an expressive palette of white, yellow, and black, the composition flows with rhythmic energy and fluidity. Drewelowe’s minimalist approach captures the essence of natural movement while embracing abstract forms that hint at the post-war shift in American art.
The work is presented in a custom gold frame, with outer dimensions measuring 43 ¾" H x 33 ¾" W x ½" D. The image size is 29 ¾" H x 19 ¾" W.
Provenance:
Private collection, Denver, Colorado
About the Artist:
Eve Drewelowe (1899–1988) was a groundbreaking American modernist and the first woman to earn a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Iowa in 1924. Known for her vibrant color palette and a strong connection to the natural world, she created over 1,000 works across a variety of media including watercolor, oil, collage, sculpture, and printmaking.
A longtime resident of Boulder, Colorado, Drewelowe became an influential figure in the development of the regional art scene, helping to establish a distinct artistic identity in the American West. Her work evolved from impressionistic landscapes to abstract, surrealist-inspired compositions infused with energy, emotion, and environmental awareness. Throughout her career, she explored themes of transformation, nature’s power, and the resilience of the human spirit—often through a feminist lens.
Drewelowe’s works have been exhibited nationally and internationally and are held in prestigious collections, including the University of Iowa, University of Colorado, and the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver. A passionate advocate for women in the arts, she also helped fund scholarships supporting female artists, ensuring her legacy extended beyond the canvas.
- Creator:Eve Drewelowe (1899 - 1989, American)
- Creation Year:1945
- Dimensions:Height: 43.75 in (111.13 cm)Width: 33.75 in (85.73 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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- Framing:Frame IncludedFraming Options Available
- Condition:very good to excellent condition.
- Gallery Location:Denver, CO
- Reference Number:Seller: 258811stDibs: LU27310377202
Eve Drewelowe
From her earliest memory, Eve Drewelowe wanted to be an artist, and she became the first student to receive a masters of fine arts from the University of Iowa. After graduation, she went with her new husband to Boulder, Colorado, where she soon found herself in the role of dean’s wife. Eventually that responsibility and its “chores” proved to be too restrictive. After a health crisis, Drewelowe had a self-described “reincarnation” in which she resolved to make a place for her creativity. Naturally effusive, she yet valued being alone, and her strong feelings for life were expressed in her exuberant paintings. Growing up on an Iowa farm, Drewelowe developed a love for the land from her “environmentalist” father, who died when she was eleven. Subsequently, The Dean of the Graduate School at Iowa served as a father-figure when he facilitated her entry into the graduate program in art. Seemingly skeptical, Carl Seashore secretly wanted the young woman to “establish a first in the history of art training across the nation,” as the artist would later reminisce. Drewelowe graduated in 1924, and she later was a benefactor of what became one of the nation’s leading college art programs. At college, Drewelowe met and married a political science student, Jacob van Ek. Accepting a teaching position at the University of Colorado, van Ek moved to Boulder with his bride, who pursued her interest by helping found the Boulder Artists’ Guild. In 1928-1929, they traveled around the world to twenty-three countries for thirteen months, during which Drewelowe filled seven sketchbooks. With her husband now a dean, she threw herself into remodeling their house, a domestically acceptable creative project. Balancing her art and her duties as a dean’s wife, Drewelowe felt increasing frustration, and her health began to suffer. In the catalogue of a 1988 retrospective, she gave voice to her desire for self-determination: “Housewife! What an odious word! First! Foremost! Always! My waking thought from an embryo was on my need to be an artist!” Traveling to New York for her second solo exhibition in 1940, she stopped at the Mayo Clinic, where she was diagnosed as having a gastric polyp. This experience led to a new dedication to her painting, a complete turnaround in which she called her “reincarnation.” Inspired by the Rocky Mountains, she painted animated landscapes that pulsated with energy -- as if still in motion from generative forces. With a rainbow palette, Drewelowe created visionary scenes by intensifying colors in lively, rippling patterns. ©David Cook Galleries, LLC
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