Colleagues & Contemporaries
From Munich to Chicago and beyond. Grell’s connection to other prominent European trained and successful artists travels far beyond Chicago. …
Aragon Ballroom
Aragon Ballroom Spanish Ballroom mural, 1926 Originally planned to be called The Patio; also note the original marquee planned with…
Self Portrait 1917
Exhibited at Aeolian-Vocalion Music Hall (118 So. Michigan Ave.) show 1918 as part of the Art Institute of Chicago ACV…
Hotel Durant, Flint, MI
Pick-Durant Purple Cow restaurant Beginning in June 1941, the Hotel Durant in Flint Michigan (named after William “Billy” Durant [1861-1947]…
Johnny Appleseed
VIDEO – Summer 2025 UPDATE – watch Johnny play his fiddle for his animal friends as the river flows and…
Bacchus and Ariadne
This 1951 painting is a record of the central figures in Grell’s 1935 mural The Feast of Bacchus on Mount…
Purple Cow murals
May 2025 UPDATE – Interior photo of Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, PA discovered showing six Grell Purple Cow murals with poems….
Spiral Sketchbooks collection
April 2025 acquisition Collection includes six Brudno spiral bound sketchbooks with study’s for completed and many unknown paintings mostly on…
Mayflower Hotel, DC
It is believed the portraits of the First Four Presidents, Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison, were commissioned by the C.C….
Fredricka
portrait of the artists’ wife, Fredricka; wedding day portrait Exhibited: Art Institute of Chicago annual Artists’ of Chicago and Vicinity,…
Union Station, St. Louis
Commerce on the Landing (Union Station, St. Louis, MO) large mural has been rehung inside the Grande Hall at St….
Keeper of the Earth
The Omaha World Herald reported in c1923 that Grell was on his way to New Mexico for business. He may…
