Recent Discoveries (2025–2026)
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
SHE’S CYCLING IN
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
The Louis Grell Digital Archive
Preserving, Documenting, and Advancing the Scholarship of Louis Grell (1887–1960) Welcome to the Louis Grell Digital Archive, an ongoing scholarly…
CAREER OVERVIEW
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
THE PURPLE COW
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
Chicago Theatre
THE CHICAGO THEATRE LOUIS GRELL · TWO MONUMENTAL COMMISSIONS 1921 & 1933 Thirty large auditorium murals commissioned across two major…
Doris Day, the Albert Pick Hotels, and Louis Grell’s Purple Cow
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
Times Square Paramount Theatre
TIMES SQUARE PARAMOUNT THEATRE LOUIS GRELL AT “THE WORLD’S FINEST THEATRE” New York City · 1926 When the Times Square…
Ferdinand marries The Purple Cow
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
Ft. Wayne Paramount Theatre
Louis Grell’s Murals for the Paramount Theatre, Fort Wayne, Indiana The Paramount Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, opened on October…
Hotel Durant, Flint, MI
Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures and Doris Day intersect in a remarkable lost chapter of American art. Louis Grell—Disney’s former Chicago…
Toledo Paramount Theatre
Louis Grell and the Toledo Paramount Theatre — Now Seen in Full Color The walls and ceilings shown here were…
