'The Artist's Garden' by Julius Moessel, 1943, Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Corcoran

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Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally titled verso, 'In the Artist's Garden'.

A … Read more Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally titled verso, 'In the Artist's Garden'.

A substantial, mid-century horticultural oil showing a profusion of summer flowers including lilies and lupins growing against a background of lush foliage.

This American Modernist, muralist and graphic artist first studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Art under Richard von Seitz. At the age of 15, Moessel was executing architectural decoration in an academic style, working with architects in Germany. After moving to the United States and settling in Chicago, he continued to paint murals while expanding into easel painting. Over the course of a long career, Moessel exhibited widely and with success including at the Art Institute of Chicago (1931-1941), the Corcoran Gallery (Biennials 1935, 1937) and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts (1939), among others. He was a member of the Chicago Gallery Association and the Chicago Painters and Sculptors association. The artist's work is held in permanent collections of museums in both the United States and Germany including Chicago's Field Museum.

Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 9, page 894; Index to Artistic Biography, First Supplement, Patricia Pate Havlice, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: Metuchen, N.J. and London 1981, page 859; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 2303-2304; Davenport’s Art Reference 2009/10 Edition, LTB Gordonsart, Inc. 2008, page 1807; et al. See less