Louis Frederick Grell Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis Frederick Grell Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 06, 2025
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $850 - $1,100
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US SHIPPING: $139 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 29, 2024
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $850 - $1,100
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US SHIPPING: $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 31, 2024
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $950 - $1,200
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 07, 2024
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $950 - $1,200
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 08, 2023
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,000 - $1,250
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 02, 2023
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,050 - $1,300
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
May. 21, 2023
Louis Grell (American, 1887â1960) Oil on Canvas
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Louis Grell (American, 1887â1960) Oil on Canvas 1954, signed lower right, depicting a group staring inland with the bounty of the sea at their feet in a gold painted wood frame Property from: a Private Collector, Evanston, Illinois Category: Fine Art > American Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 11:05 am CST Shipping Status: Due to size, weight, value or shipping complexity, this item must be shipped via a 3rd Party and the shipping cost may be high. We recommend contacting multiple shipping vendors for an estimate as the cost may vary greatly. Sales Tax: California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Photograph #5 Photograph #6 Photograph #7 Last modified: April 17, 2023, 10:13 am
Leonard Auction
Apr. 09, 2023
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,100 - $1,400
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2023
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,150 - $1,450
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 09, 2022
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 03, 2022
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,250 - $1,600
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 17, 2022
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,350 - $1,700
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jan. 02, 2022
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,400 - $1,800
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 10, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,500 - $1,900
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 10, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,500 - $1,900
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: St Martin of Tours YEAR: 1950 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 22 inches / 66 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower left SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117731 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 04, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jul. 04, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,600 - $2,000
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: St Martin of Tours YEAR: 1950 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 22 inches / 66 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower left SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117731 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Jun. 30, 2021
LOUIS GRELL The Swimming Hole.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
LOUIS GRELL The Swimming Hole. Oil on canvas, 1953. 517x620 mm; 20 1/4x24 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left recto. Inscribed with the scale notation "6 FT x 18 FT" in black crayon, verso. Ex-collection the estate of the artist, Chicago; Fredricka Grell, the artist's wife, Chicago; thence by descent to Helen Grell Bellenger, the artist's sister, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Council Bluffs Public Library, Iowa; thence by descent to Arthur Louis Grell, the artist's nephew, and the artist's great-niece, Council Bluffs, Iowa; private collection, Chicago. Born in Council Bluffs to German emigrant meat market owners, Grell (1887-1960) was sent to Germany to study and trained at School of Applied Arts in Hamburg and at the Royal Academie of Fine Arts in Munich, under Franz von Struck (1908-12). When America's involvement in World War I became certain, Grell was forced to escape Europe in 1914 through Norway and landed his first American artistic position as a stage set designer for large Broadway productions in New York in 1915. During the late 1910s, Grell made his way back to the Midwest and settled in Chicago, where he became the main art instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts (1916-22) where one of his students was animator and cartoonist, Walt Disney (1901-1966). By the early 1930s, Grell had embarked on a solo career as a portrait and mural painter. He became among the most prominent muralists of the Hollywood Golden Age, with a regular clientele list that included old movie palace giants Balaban and Katz, and Rapp and Rapp architects, the Albert Pick Hotel chain, Daprato Statuary Company, Publix Theaters, Paramount and Universal Studios. Significant large scale mural commissions by Grell include: Paramount Pictures Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles; Times Square Paramount Theatre, New York; Eldorado Hotel, New York; Gateway Theatre, Chicago; Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Bank of New York lobby murals, Aragon Ballroom Grand stairway, Chicago and the Union Station World War II ticket counter mural, St. Louis. The current work is the study for a mural, indicated by the scale inscription on the verso.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 04, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,450 - $1,600
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: The Picnic YEAR: 1956 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One paint loss along right edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 27 inches / 55 x 68 cm FRAME SIZE: 26 x 31 inches / 66 x 78 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117732 US Shipping $90 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 04, 2021
Louis Grell (IL,IA,1887-1960) oil painting
Est: $1,450 - $1,600
ARTIST: Louis Frederick Grell (Illinois, Iowa, 1887 - 1960) NAME: St Martin of Tours YEAR: 1950 MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 26 x 22 inches / 66 x 55 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower left SIMILAR ARTISTS: Svend Svendsen, Werner Drewes, George Ames Aldrich, Aaron Bohrod CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117731 US Shipping $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Noted primarily as a muralist, portrait painter and teacher active in Chicago, Louis Grell was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, having studied at the School of Applied Art in Hamburg, Germany, and in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and with Carl Von Marr.Grell painted numerous portraits and completed numerous mural commissions in Chicago and other places including the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. He also decorated many churches.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Feb. 25, 2016
Louis Fredrick Grell (1887-1960), YOUNG BALLERINA ON STAGE, Oil on canvas laid on masonite board; signed lower right, 24" x 19.75" — 61 x 50.2 cm.
Est: -
LOUIS FREDRICK GRELL (1887-1960), AMERICANYOUNG BALLERINA ON STAGEOil on canvas laid on masonite board; signed lower right24" x 19.75" — 61 x 50.2 cm.Estimate: $300—500
Waddington's
Aug. 19, 2015
Louis Frederick Grell, (American, 1887-1960), Portait of Two Men, oil on board, 22" x 14.5"
Est: $400 - $600
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960) Portait of Two Men oil on board signed lower right 22" x 14.5" Provenance: Property from the Collection of Governor Jim Thompson, Chicago, Illinois
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 13, 2014
Louis Grell, American (1887-1960), Judgment of Paris, 1937, oil on canvas, 55 1/2 x 48 1/2
Est: $2,800 - $3,800
Louis Grell, American (1887-1960) Judgment of Paris, 1937, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, framed. 55 1/2 x 48 1/2
Link Auction Galleries
Jul. 12, 2014
Louis Grell, American (1887-1960), Judgment of Paris, 1937, oil on canvas, 55 1/2 x 48 1/2
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Louis Grell, American (1887-1960) Judgment of Paris, 1937, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, framed. 55 1/2 x 48 1/2
Link Auction Galleries
Feb. 14, 2013
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960)
Est: $500 - $700
Leda and the Swan. Oil on canvas, signed at the lower right corner and dated 1937, not framed. Louis Grell studied at the School of Applied Arts in Hamburg, Germany, and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Upon his return from Europe, Grell lived in New York before moving to Chicago when he was offered a job at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He worked as an instructor at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts for five years and at The Art Institute of Chicago for fifteen years upon being appointed instructor of commercial art in 1922. Grell was primarily known for his murals and portraits. His work was exhibited in Berlin, Munich, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. He won the Chicago Municipal Art League's prize for portraiture and the Harry Frank prize from The Art Institute of Chicago. He was a member of both the Chicago Association of Painters and Sculptors and the Chicago Galleries Association. Mural commissions include the Union Station and Mark Twain Hotel in St. Louis; the Fort Hayes Hotel in Columbus, Ohio; the Paramount Theater in Toledo, Ohio; and the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. In 1959 he painted a large mural in The Peoples Church, Chicago IL. He also painted the murals on the ceiling in the Chicago Theatre. There are three murals in the 1926 Palace Theatre of Greensburg, PA, two of which have been restored. Grell worked and resided in the Tree Studio Building, built by Judge Lambert Tree in 1894. An architectural gem in the heart of Chicago, the Tree Studio courtyard was endangered by the expansion of the Medinah Temple, to which Mr. Grell and fellow artist Don Anderson chained themselves to the last remaining trees, ultimately saving them from the bulldozer; this was in the last year of the artists life at the age of 73. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Dec. 13, 2012
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960)
Est: $600 - $800
Allegorical Scene. Gouache on artist's board, signed "L. Grell" in the lower right corner, matted and framed under glass overall 19-1/4" x 23-1/4". Acquired by the family of the owner directly from the artist. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Dec. 13, 2012
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Leda and the Swan. Oil on canvas, signed at the lower right corner and dated 1937, not framed. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Feb. 09, 2012
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960)
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
"Fredrica" Portrait of the artist's wife. Oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated 1922, overall in gilt wood frame 50-3/4" x 45". Acquired directly from the artist by a former student, held in the same family.
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Sep. 22, 2011
LOUIS FREDERICK GRELL (AMERICAN, 1887-1960)
Est: $400 - $600
LOUIS FREDERICK GRELL (AMERICAN, 1887-1960) BALLERINA; OIL ON CANVAS (Laid down on masonite); SIGNED LOWER RIGHT 24" x 20" - 61 x 50.8 cm.
Waddington's
Feb. 13, 2010
Grell Louis Frederick Born: Council Bluffs 1887
Est: - €600
Grell Louis Frederick Born: Council Bluffs 1887 Died: Chicago 1960 The Arrival of the Knight Oil/canvas, 71,5 x 61,5 cm, sign. lo. le. a. dat. L. Grell München 1910, min. splits, min. soiled. - Lit.: Vollmer, Who's Who in American Art et.al.
Auktionshaus Stahl
May. 04, 2008
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Louis Frederick Grell (American, 1887-1960) "Medieval Fantasy," 1930, oil on canvas, 41.5" x 63", signed and dated lower right, framed
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers