Service Above Self
Possibly related to the Chicago Rotary Club mural. Mural study. Another unknown mural commission. watercolor gouache, 1928, California Grell collection
World War I Illustrator
National Parks Service link to Louis Grell article here After Grell was drafted into World War I he eventually ended up…
Destiny, Harry Frank prize Art Institute of Chicago
Destiny was created by Grell in 1928 to be exhibited at the Chicago and Vicinity show at the Art Institute…
Chicago Fashioned, 1930
Published by Chicago based Mandel Brothers department store in 1930 to commemorate their seventy-fifth anniversary. This publication celebrated famous Chicago…
Indian Tropical
watercolor & guache on board, 10″ x 10″ probable mural study provenance: artist to artists’ wife Friedl at estate transfer,…
Catholic Church design
Architectural design for a Catholic church interior unknown date or if Grell earned this commission watercolor gouache, private collection
Polynesian Scene
A possible mural study for an unknown commission. watercolor gouache California Grell collection
Growth of America study
commissioned, mural study for bank in Webster Grove, MO. Actual mural was on exhibit at Pottawattamie County Courthouse in Council…
Neptune, Toledo Paramount
Very similar to a section of Grell’s mural found inside the old Toledo Paramount Theatre. pencil sketch
Stained Glass panels
With Grell’s multitude of talents, this work appears to be a design for a stained glass concept for a church….
Church Cathedral design
Another complete interior architectural church design by Grell. Unknown location, one of three in our families entire collection. Probably from…
Magdalena
Portrait of the artists’ mother, Lena probably painted during Grell and his mother’s return to Germany in early 1908 graphite…
