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…
On the Walls
Over the years, some of Grell’s best easel productions were captured in photographs “On the Walls” of his various studios…
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
recently sold at 1stdibs.com asking price was $18,000 c1930’s oil on canvas, image = 39.5″ x 31.75″ frame = 45.5″…
Bank of Detroit
In January 1928, George Judson, President of the Bank of Detroit announced plans to expand operations into the growing uptown…
Indian Phantasy
c1930 design for a movie palace in Chicago This drawing once hung in Grell’s Downers Grove (IL) summer home where…
Bum Alley
Imagineered by Grell and exhibited at the Chicago Galleries Association in 1951. Grell described the project as follows in a letter…
Oliver Hotel South Bend IN
The elegant six story structure originally opened December 20, 1899 as the nicest hotel in Indiana and one of the…
The Prodigal Son
From Wikipedia: “The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving…
The Spirit of Light
Versions of The Spirit of Light (Apollo) were commissioned inside at least four different locations including the Chicago Theatre (1933),…