Additional information
| Artist | Jules |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Category | North American |
ArtistJules, Mervin
Artist Years1912-1994
Artist NationalityAmerican
TitleBlack Sun
Yearca. 1970
MediumPrint > Monotype
DimensionsComposition: 7.5 X 13.1 inches
Description
Monotype, signed “JULES” in pencil and annotated with title, printed in yellow, green, and black on white laid Japan paper, 2 inch margins. Annotated “P. 94” in lower right corner indicating this image was the 94th work created at Provincetown, MA.
ProvenancePurchased from the Artist's daughter Gabriel, 1992
Accession Number207518
NotesMervin Jules was born in Baltimore, Maryland. 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), with whom he had three children. WPA Art Class by Mervin Jules 1945. In 1945 he served as artist-in-residence at Smith College for a year. He then when on to teach at Smith until 1970 where he served for a time as head of the art department. 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. Jules died on July 29, 1994, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
(source: wikipedia.org)
Price $950.00