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Garnet Jex

Garnet W. Jex (1895 - 1979) was active/lived in Virginia, District Of Columbia, Ohio.  Garnet Jex is known for River genre and landscape painting, medical and nature illustrator.

Born in Kent, Ohio in 1895, Garnet Jex was a noted landscape painter, portraitist, and illustrator who was active in Washington DC throughout his career and lived there until his death in 1979. He enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War I, beginning fifty years of public service. Upon returning from the war, Jex worked as a medical illustrator for the Army Medical Corps while attending the Corcoran School of Art and George Washington University where he earned his B.A. in 1927.

He worked as art editor for "Nature" magazine while completing his Master's Degree, which he earned from George Washington in 1931. Jex continued public service for the next 26 years as an artist for the U.S. Public Health Service, ending his career with the U.S. Bureau of State Services in 1962.

Soon after returning from the war, Jex began a series of landscape paintings depicting the Potomac River and the C & O Canal. His work documents the people and the places of the C & O, the lock   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4273 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Garnet Jex

Born in Kent, Ohio in 1895, Garnet Jex was a noted landscape painter, portraitist, and illustrator who was active in Washington DC throughout his career and lived there until his death in 1979. He enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War I, beginning fifty years of public service. Upon returning from the war, Jex worked as a medical illustrator for the Army Medical Corps while attending the Corcoran School of Art and George Washington University where he earned his B.A. in 1927.

He worked as art editor for "Nature" magazine while completing his Master's Degree, which he earned from George Washington in 1931. Jex continued public service for the next 26 years as an artist for the U.S. Public Health Service, ending his career  ...  Displaying 750 of 4273 characters.

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