Four Toucans
A Grell mural study presumably for a ceiling or dome with tropical Toucan birdlike figures drawn into all four corners….
Heidelberg Hotel, Baton Rouge
Ownership changes have unfortunately lost the mural. The building was vacant for many years before recently being refurbished. This picture…
Dogface Soldier
Dog-face Soldier was presumably painted during Grell’s time in the Army during World War I in Vancouver, WA Tarzan &…
Judgment of Paris
This large painting was purchased by a former student of Grell’s in the late 1970’s from the Jim Romano Galleries…
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…
Romantic Landscape
a smaller version was seen in photographs on the wall of Grell’s studio in Chicago Oil on Canvas 29 5/8″…
Ave Maria
The featured postcard is a reproduction of Grell’s Ave Maria painting completed in 1943 in collaboration with the Italian poet…
Samson & Delilah
Samson’s story revolves around his divine strength, granted by God through a Nazarene vow that included never cutting his hair. His lover,…
Susanna bathing
The religious story of Susanna and the Elders involves two men who surprise a bathing woman, and the biblical account of David…
Sword fight
oil on canvas 14.5″ x 18.5″ source: color photo with painting dimensions written en verso graphite on paper sketch, source:…
Grim Reaper
painted when Grell was in and out of the hospital in 1952 believing his own life was coming to an…
Pastel Friedl
portrait of the artists’ wife, Friedl graphite & gouache on paper, signed l/r “LOUIS GRELL 1928”
