Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago
Around 1940, at the beginning of his professional relationship with art patron and hotel mogul Albert Pick, Jr., Louis Grell…
Emigration Canon
Commissioned for the 1907 Utah State Fair and hung inside the very large Manufacturers Hall Opening Day September 30, 1907…
Norshore Theatre
This Rapp & Rapp designed theatre with nearly 3,000 seats was another Balaban & Katz project that opened on June…
Purple Cow murals
May 11, 2018 Update – Murals DISCOVERED All images Copyright protected Again, another late night research mission leads to…
City of Detroit, Water Board Building
Designed by renowned Detroit architect Louis Kamper (1861-1953), the structure was completed in 1928. Grell earned two commissions here. The…
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
-now the St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy- In 1938, the Municipal Art League of Chicago referred Grell to the Northwestern…
Manufacturers Bank & Trust
Manufacturers Bank & Trust (now Lift For Life Academy) St. Louis, MO This is a classic Depression Era building with…
Bank of Detroit
In January 1928, George Judson, President of the Bank of Detroit announced plans to expand operations into the growing uptown…
St. Marks Church, Geneva, IL
Congratulations on 150 years! Celebration weekend April 27 – 29, 2018 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Geneva, IL A…
Oliver Hotel South Bend IN
The elegant six story structure originally opened December 20, 1899 as the nicest hotel in Indiana and one of the…
Credit, Man’s Confidence in Man
Credit, Man’s Confidence in Man mural Originally commissioned by the Citizens National Bank, Springville, NY (which Grell painted several including…
Growth of America
This small mural was first commissioned for Farm and Home Savings bank in Webster Grove, MO in c1947 and later…
