ELECTRICITY
On January 6, 2026, this watercolor by Louis Grell was auctioned and sold at Ripley Auction, Indianapolis, IN for more…
Captain Electricity (1928)
A Modern Mythological Hero of the Machine Age In 1928, Louis Grell created Captain Electricity, a monumental fantasy painting that…
Grell Sketchbooks
Inside Louis Grell’s Sketchbooks: 145 Drawings and the Artist’s Creative Process The Grell Spiral Sketchbooks Collection (Romano–Schmidt) Acquired April 2025…
Salome’s dance
The story of Salome’s beheading involves her dancing for her stepfather, King Herod Antipas, who promised her anything she desired. Prompted by…
Indian Phantasy (c. 1930)
Indian Phantasy — Louis Grell’s Theatrical Vision of India c. 1930 | A surviving watercolor design for a Chicago movie…
The Prodigal Son
“The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father) is…
The Spirit of Light
Versions of The Spirit of Light (Apollo) were commissioned inside at least four different locations including the Chicago Theatre (1933),…
Portrait of the Broadway Actor, Flo Brooks
Florence “Flo” Brooks b1906; New York City Broadway chorus girl, dancer and actor; aka Flo Barrett Flo Brooks performed in…
New Discovery Nov 2023
November 22, 2023 “Ever since I was a little girl, I have been familiar with the name of Louis Grell. …
Four Toucans
A Grell mural study presumably for a ceiling or dome with tropical Toucan birdlike figures drawn into all four corners….
Susanna bathing
The religious story of Susanna and the Elders involves two men who surprise a bathing woman, and the biblical account of David…
Sword fight
oil on canvas 14.5″ x 18.5″ source: color photo with painting dimensions written en verso graphite on paper sketch, source:…
