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GARNET W. JEX, PORTRAIT OF PUNTER, Oil Painting - $1,750 (Georgetown)
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Signed lower right
Oil on board - Framed, 46 in. x 31 in.
Painting has been cleaned.
*There are 3 other pieces of football greats from this collection for sale.*
PROVENANCE: Former Touchdown Club Collection, Washington, DC
Arthur “Dutch” Bergman, a former Washington Redskins coach, opened the Touchdown Club in 1935. This artwork once adorned the wall at Bergman’s club, which closed in the 1990s.
About the Artist
GARNET W. JEX (American, 1895-1979)
Mr. Jex was a prolific painter, working in oils and watercolors.
For many years, he painted portraits of outstanding athletes for the Touchdown Club.
Mr. Jex was born in Kent, Ohio. He grew up in Washington, and graduated from McKinley High School. After serving with the Army in World War I, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in fine arts from George Washington University.
He was a medical illustrator for the Army Medical Corps, art editor of Nature magazine, and a free-lance artist and teacher before joining the Public Health Service.
Mr. Jex was a former president of the Arts Club of Washington and a longtime member of the Landscape Club of Washington.
He was a founding member of a group of Civil War enthusiasts, which he called "The Crackpates," which preceded the Civil War Round Table of Washington. He served as president of that organization during 1967-68. Earlier, he had received the Round Table's Gold Medal.
Mr. Jex, who lived in Arlington, also had received the Superior Service Award of the USPHS.