About Albert Groll

  • Biography

    Born in New York City, Albert Lorey Groll became a much admired, successful western desert landscape and skyscape painter, although he remained a resident of New York City where he associated with the cultural elite. In 1910, he was elected to the National Academy of Design. Many of his paintings have rich colors and are landscapes with elements of realism but also have a focus on abstract shapes.

    Groll spent most of his student years in Munich, Germany at the Royal Academy studying with Ludwig Loefftz, and London, England; and he also studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, something few Americans were doing in the late 19th century.

    Although he preferred figure painting, he returned to New York City i...

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