Mervin Jules (1912–1994) was an American artist known for his silk screen prints.
Mervin Jules | |
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 Mervin Jules, 1944 screen print by Harry Sternberg | |
| Born | 1912 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Died | July 29, 1994 (aged 81–82) Provincetown, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | painter, printmaker |
| Movement | Social realism |
Biography
editJules was born in 1912 in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He contracted polio as a child which damaged his legs. He used canes and braces for the rest of his life. He attended Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He then moved to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League of New York. His teachers included Thomas Hart Benton. During the 1930s Jules was a member of the Silk Screen Unit of the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Fine Arts Project. [2] In 1940, he married fellow artist Rita Albers (1914 - 1974),[3] with whom he had three children.[4]
In 1945 he served as artist-in-residence at Smith College for a year.[5] He then went on to teach at Smith until 1970 where he served for a time as head of the art department.[6] From 1970 until 1980 he served as chairman of the art department of the City College of New York (CCNY)
Jules' work was included in 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society.[7]
Jules died on July 29, 1994, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[4]
Jules' work is in the collections of the Albright–Knox Art Gallery,[8] the Amon Carter Museum of American Art,[9] the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] the Baltimore Museum of Art,[11] Harvard Art Museums,[12] the Museum of Modern Art,[13] the Phillips Collection,[14] the Portland Art Museum,[15] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Walker Art Center,[16] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mervin Jules". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". AskArt. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Rita E. Albers". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ a b Rasmussen, Fred. "Artist Mervin M. Jules, work nationally known". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Davidson Galleries. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin M. Jules, 82, Artist and Educator". The New York Times. 5 August 1994. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "National Serigraph Society Exhibition | Dallas Museum of Art". Dallas Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Albright-Knox. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Amon Carter Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Baltimore Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Phillips Collection. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Mervin Jules". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 June 2022.