Artist
John Henry Amshewitz
John Henry Amshewitz is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
John Henry Amshewitz painted quiet dramas in watercolour around the early 1900s, often setting tense or tender human moments inside ordinary rooms or streets. He left us The Quarrel, a small sheet of paper where two figures face each other over what looks like an unpaid bill or a forgotten promise. Every fold of clothing and flicker of light in the work asks you to lean in and listen. Next, step into the same turn-of-the-century street by tapping The Quarrel again.
Works by John Henry Amshewitz
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.