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John Lewis

United Kingdom, 1912–1996

WA-00057561

Graphic Design

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WikidataQ6244768

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Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/john-lewis
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

John Lewis (1912–1996) was a Welsh typographer, printer, illustrator and collector of printed ephemera.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 85% · Updated 17d ago

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Artworks (9)

Fan: The Races at La Marche

1885 · Lithograph printed in five colors on ivory wove paper, mounted on a fan armature

38 × 75 cm (15 × 29 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon

1850 · Watercolor (wash and point of brush work) and gouache and graphite

Sheet: 35.5 x 43.3 cm (14 x 17 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Huzaar voert drie paarden op een binnenplaats

1839 · etching on paper

width: 122 cm, height: 164 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ruiter te paard met een driekantensteek

1839 · drypoint on paper

width: 94 cm, height: 103 cm

Rijksmuseum

Huzaar te paard

1839 · aquatint on paper

height: 168 cm, width: 113 cm

Rijksmuseum

Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

1839 · watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite

Sheet: 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.3 x 33 cm (17 7/16 x 13 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero

1836 · Lithograph in colors with additional hand- coloring on ivory wove paper

26.5 × 37.2 cm (10 7/16 × 14 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume

1825 · Watercolor over graphite, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto gray wove paper

25.3 × 20 cm (10 × 7 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Domestic Subjects

1825 · Book with thirteen engravings on chine collé on ivory wove paper

37.9 × 27.3 × 1.1 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/4 × 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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9 published of 9 catalogued · 8 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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5 entries · 1 sources

Ruiter te paard met een driekantensteek
1839 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Huzaar te paard
1839 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Huzaar voert drie paarden op een binnenplaats
1839 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon
1850 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha
1839 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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