Hotel Raleigh, Waco, TX
-LOBBY MURAL- The Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth cloak scene mural hung high above the Raleigh Hotel registration office…
Gateway Theatre, Chicago
All ceilings and walls were hand painted by Grell and his team of assistants. Opened in June 1930 and was…
Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, PA
Albert Pick Hotels There was a Purple Cow shop and a Manhattan room all with murals by Grell. The Albert…
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…
