Rotary Club of Chicago
Commissioned for the Rotary Club of Chicago, the number one and founding club for the prestigious institution which had its…
Netherland Plaza Hotel & Carew Tower Cincinnati, OH
Opened in January 1931, is now a National Historic Landmark and charter member of the Historic Hotels of America. The…
Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago
Around 1940, at the beginning of his professional relationship with art patron and hotel mogul Albert Pick, Jr., Louis Grell…
Sunset
This little gem has remained in the family since its gift to Grell’s aunt in Lincoln, NE around 1923. It…
Utah State Fair, 1907
Emigration Canon, commissioned for the 1907 Utah State Fair and hung inside the very large Manufacturers Hall Opening Day September…
On the Walls
Over the years, some of Grell’s best easel productions were captured in photographs “On the Walls” of his various studios…
Old Town Art Fair
A scene from the annual art fair in North Chicago painted in the last year of the artists’ life. A…
City of Detroit, Water Board Building
Designed by renowned Detroit architect Louis Kamper (1861-1953), the structure was completed in 1928. Grell earned two commissions here. The…
Over The Hump
An agrarian piece also conserved at the Gerald Ford Conservation Center in Omaha. Extensive work was done on the late19th…
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
-now the St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy- In 1938, the Municipal Art League of Chicago referred Grell to the Northwestern…
Manufacturers Bank & Trust
Manufacturers Bank & Trust (now Lift For Life Academy) St. Louis, MO This is a classic Depression Era building with…
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…
