Carnegie Museum of Art
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
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1912 Baltimore, Maryland - 1994. Known for: Social-realist genre-satire and figure painting, printmaking.
A painter, illustrator, print maker, and educator, Mervin Jules is known for painting and illustration that focuses on social commentary and that often employs satire. He "typically uses dramatic and... Read full biography
A painter, illustrator, print maker, and educator, Mervin Jules is known for painting and illustration that focuses on social commentary and that often employs satire. He "typically uses dramatic and evocative lighting where sinewy figures emerge from darkened backgrounds, much like the paintings... Read full biography
A painter, illustrator, print maker, and educator, Mervin Jules is known for painting and illustration that focuses on social commentary and that often employs satire. He "typically uses dramatic and evocative lighting where sinewy figures emerge from darkened backgrounds, much like the paintings of Honore Daumier." (ArtSource) . He was very active as a print maker, having been a designer of silk prints and china painter as a young man growing up in Baltimore. During the Depression of the... Read full biography
A painter, illustrator, print maker, and educator, Mervin Jules is known for painting and illustration that focuses on social commentary and that often employs satire. He "typically uses dramatic and evocative lighting where sinewy figures emerge from darkened backgrounds, much like the paintings of Honore Daumier." (ArtSource) . He was very active as a print maker, having been a designer of silk prints and china painter as a young man growing up in Baltimore. During the Depression of the 1930s, he was a member of the Silk Screen Unit of the Fine Arts Project of the WPA. Jules studied art at Baltimore City College, and on scholarship at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts where he graduated in 1934. In 1937, he enrolled at the... Read full biography
A painter, illustrator, print maker, and educator, Mervin Jules is known for painting and illustration that focuses on social commentary and that often employs satire. He "typically uses dramatic and evocative lighting where sinewy figures emerge from darkened backgrounds, much like the paintings of Honore Daumier." (ArtSource) . He was very active as a print maker, having been a designer of silk prints and china painter as a young man growing up in Baltimore. During the Depression of the 1930s, he was a member of the Silk Screen Unit of the Fine Arts Project of the WPA. Jules studied art at Baltimore City College, and on scholarship at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts where he graduated in 1934. In 1937, he enrolled at the Art Students League with Thomas Hart Benton. He had his first one-man exhibition in November, 1937 in New York Cit... Read full biography
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About Mervin Jules: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (14)
All MuseumsGeorge Walter Vincent Smith Museum
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia
The University of Georgia
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602-6719Michael C Carlos Museum, Emory University
Emory University
571 Kilgo Street
Atlanta, GA 30322-1950Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts
21 Edwards Street
Springfield, MA 01103Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205The Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052The University of Arizona Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive Road
Tucson, AZ 85721-0002University of Michigan Museum of Art, UMMA
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354University of Saint Joseph Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Weisman Art Museum
The University of Minnesota
333 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455