Garnet Jex Explained

Garnet Wolesey Jex
Birth Date:19 October 1895
Birth Place:Kent, Ohio
Death Place:Washington, DC
Nationality:American
Education:Corcoran College of Art and Design, George Washington University
Known For:Medical illustration, watercolor painting
Style:Representational painting

Garnet Wolesey Jex (October 19, 1895[1] – September 21, 1979[1] [2]) was an American artist and historian. Born in Kent, Ohio, he moved with his family to Washington, D.C., at the age of four.[3] He remained in the Washington area until his death.[4]

Jex enlisted in the U.S. Army in World War I. After the war, he worked as a medical illustrator for the Army Medical Corps for two years[1] and attended the Corcoran College of Art and Design. He earned a BA in 1927 and a Master's degree in 1931, both from George Washington University. While completing his master's degree, he worked as an art editor for the journal Nature. Later, Jex was employed as the Director of Graphics for the U.S. Bureau of State Services, and worked as an artist and designer at the United States Public Health Service for 26 years, until his retirement in 1962.[2] [5]

In 1965, Jex authored a history book of the American Civil War entitled The Upper Potomac in the Civil War, based on a series of 51 watercolor paintings.[6] Jex also known for his paintings of dinosaurs and other Permian Age animals including those created for dioramas at the Dallas Exposition on behalf of the United States Texas Centennial Commission, and at the National Museum of Natural History for which he painted a 15 foot long mural.[7] [8]

Jex was highly renowned for his landscape paintings of the Potomac River and the C & O Canal. Although a flood destroyed the canal in 1924,[9] Jex's works remain as a visual record of the once commercially important structure.[10] While many of Jex’s works are held in private collections, others can be found on public display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum[11] and at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.[12]

Collections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Finding Aid for the Garnet W. Jex Medical Illustration Collection . May 1998 . 8 October 2008 . Grace Rodriguez . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071011192651/http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/archives/asearch/afinding_aids/jex/jex.html . 11 October 2007 .
  2. News: Garnet Jex, Civil War Fan, Artist for Public Health Unit . . September 27, 1979 . Metro B6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102045752/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/09/27/garnet-jex-civil-war-fan-artist-for-public-health-unit-garnet-w-jex-83-an-artist-and-historian-who-retired-in-1962-as-director-of-graphics-in-the-bureau-of-state-services-of-the-us-public-health-service-died-sept-21-at-the-sleepy-hollow-nursing-home-he-had-been-admitted-there-less-than-a-week-earlier-after-suffering-a-stroke/8efa66be-dd03-4dd2-ad9f-b3aa07bf918b/. 2 January 2020. live.
  3. News: 'Views of Harpers Ferry' on display. 26 November 2009. Public Opinion. 1 January 2020. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. 44.
  4. News: Council host exhibit on Civil war artwork. Schelle. Crystal. 9 September 2012. Washington Examiner. 1 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102030951/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/council-host-exhibit-on-civil-war-artwork. 2 January 2020. live.
  5. Web site: Corcoran Artist Files . Smithsonian Institution . 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102183148/https://library.si.edu/finding-aid/abcs-corcoran-artist-files-js. 2 January 2020. live.
  6. Web site: Sharpsburg Historical Society Presents Garnet W. Jex Exhibit. 18 August 2012. InThePanhandle.com. 1 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101222524/https://inthepanhandle.com/local/news/article/sharpsburg_historical_society_presents_garnet_w._jex_exhibit. 1 January 2020. live.
  7. Book: Report on the Progress and Condition of the U.S. National Museum for the Year Ending June 30 . 1937 . United States National Museum, US Government Printing Office . 2 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Permo-Triassic Synapsids at NMNH . Extinct Monsters . 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102190312/https://extinctmonsters.net/category/field-work/page/2/. 2 January 2020. live.
  9. Book: Capace, Nancy. Encyclopedia of Maryland. Somerset Publishers. 1999. St. Clair Shores, Michigan. 78. 9780403098224.
  10. News: C. & O. Canal 'Lives' Again in Paintings. 1 November 1968. The Daily Mail. 1 January 2020. Hagerstown, Maryland. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102154454/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41526103/c_o_canal_lives_again_in/. 2 January 2020. live.
  11. Web site: Garnet Jex . 31 December 2019 . Smithsonian American Art Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20191231191314/https://americanart.si.edu/artist/garnet-jex-2458. 31 December 2019. live.
  12. Web site: Ribbon Cutting for Garnet Jex Paintings Exhibit . 5 May 2016 . 31 December 2019 . National Park Service. https://web.archive.org/web/20191231191310/https://www.nps.gov/hafe/learn/news/jex-exhibit.htm. 31 December 2019. live.
  13. Web site: Collection Images: Garnet Jex . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2 January 2020.
  14. Web site: Collection: Garnet Jex . April 25, 2018 . National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution . 2 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Garnet Wolesey Jex . Historical Society of Washington DC . 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102154949/http://www.dchistory.org/uploads/exhibits/Window/jex.html. 2 January 2020. live.
  16. Web site: Garnet W. Jex Medical Illustration Collection Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine . 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102155155/https://www.medicalmuseum.mil/assets/documents/collections/archives/jex.pdf. 2 January 2020. live.
  17. Web site: Collections. 2 January 2020. MSV (Museum of the Shenendoah Valley). 2 January 2020. January 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102160730/https://www.themsv.org/collections/browse?field_artist_tid%5B%5D=77. dead.

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