Recent Discoveries (2025–2026)
Featured Image – Research at the Chicago History Museum Abakanowicz Research Center, where approximately 2,300 archival images were documented during…
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
Louis Grell: An Overview of His Career and Historical Context Grell belonged to a generation of academically trained artists whose…
Doris Day, the Albert Pick Hotels, and Louis Grell’s Purple Cow
How a 1953 hit recording helped bring nationwide attention to one of America’s most remarkable hotel restaurant art programs During…
Colleagues & Contemporaries
From Munich to Chicago and beyond. Grell’s connection to other prominent European trained and successful artists travels far beyond Chicago. …
Spiral Sketchbooks collection
April 2025 acquisition Collection includes six Brudno spiral bound sketchbooks with study’s for completed and many unknown paintings mostly on…
E. Martin Hennings
E. Martin Hennings (1886-1956) Born Penns Grove, NJ – Died Taos, NM -IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES BY OUR TEAM- March 2026 Ai…
Escaping the Great War
The First World War, the Great War, the War To End All Wars or World War I began on July…
Tree Studio Building artist directory
Tree Studio Building artist directory display cabinet information can be found below. TREE STUDIO BUILDING – America’s oldest resident artist…
1918 Red Cross Exhibit
A few months after this exhibit, Grell was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War I and sent to…
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…
St. Louis Union Station Mural Unveiling & Art Exhibit
Thank you for joining us in St. Louis on October 29th for the official mural unveiling of Commerce on the…
