Colleagues & Contemporaries
From Munich to Chicago and beyond. Grell’s connection to other prominent European trained and successful artists travels far beyond Chicago. …
Manos/Palace Theatre, Greensburg, PA
The Manos Theatre was completed in 1926. Grell was commissioned to paint three large French fairytale themed murals inside the auditorium…
Perseus freeing Andromeda
The mythological story of Perseus freeing Andromeda tells how the hero Perseus, flying home after slaying the Medusa, saw the…
ELECTRICITY
On January 6, 2026, this watercolor by Louis Grell was auctioned and sold at Ripley Auction, Indianapolis, IN for more…
Norshore Theatre, Chicago
This Rapp & Rapp designed theatre with nearly 3,000 seats was another Balaban & Katz project that opened on June…
Destiny
Destiny won the Harry Frank prize in 1930 at the Art Institute of Chicago’s annual Artists of Chicago & Vicinity…
Birth of Electricity
This large painting was purchased by a Chicago artist from the Romano Galleries at Tree Studios artist colony, Chicago, in…
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…
Johnny Appleseed
“a charming canvas” March 2026 UPDATE – Newly discovered article reveals Grell exhibited this painting at the Chicago Galleries in…
Bacchus and Ariadne
This 1951 painting is a record of the central figures of Grell’s 1935 mural The Feast of Bacchus on Mount…
Spiral Sketchbooks collection
April 2025 acquisition Collection includes six Brudno spiral bound sketchbooks with study’s for completed and many unknown paintings mostly on…
