Eve Drewelowe  (1899   -   1989)  Works

Eve Drewelowe  (1899 - 1988)

Landscape painter, Eve Drewelowe, was the eighth of thirteen children born in New Hampton, Iowa in 1899.  She attended the University of Iowa, Iowa City, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Graphic and Plastic Arts and was the first recipient of the University’s Masters of Painting degree.  Following her graduation, Drewelowe moved to Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Jacob Van Ek.  He worked at the University of Colorado eventually becoming the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Drewelowe also taught at the University, first at the School of Engineering and then in the Department of Fine Arts.
 

The couple traveled the world extensively and, although Drewelowe painted during their travels, Eve's love of Colorado and the West became apparent through the number of pieces she created depicting the region.  During nearly seven decades as an artist working in impressionistic, social realistic and abstract expressionistic styles, Drewelowe executed more than 1,000 works in various media including, oil, watercolor, pen and ink.

Drewelowe had one-person exhibitions at the University of Colorado, 1930; the Denver Art Museum, 1933, 1936, 1939; and the Argent Galleries, New York, 1940, 1941. Other exhibitions included the Denver Art Museum; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Kansas City Art Institute; PAFA; AIC; New York World's Fair; NAWA; and NMWA.

Drewelowe's works are found in the collections of the University of Colorado; University of Iowa School of Art and Art History, Iowa City; Harkness House, London; and Utah State University, Logan.