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Mervin Jules
Mervin Jules
Mervin Jules

Mervin Jules

born Baltimore, Maryland, 1912; died Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1994
BiographyMervin Jules received his artistic training at Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art, graduating in 1934. Prior to his study, in Baltimore Jules designed silk prints, painted china, cared for children and helped in his father's clothing shop in order to make ends meet. Jules later studied in New York at the Art Students League (1937) under Thomas Hart Benton.

The first artwork he exhibited was in 1935 at The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in the All-Maryland show. His first one-man show was held in New York City in 1937 at ACA Galleries. He went on to show at venues across the country.

In addition to painting, Mervin Jules was also an active printmaker. He taught art at the Fieldston School, the Museum of Modern Art (1943-46), the Baltimore Educational Alliance, the Veterans' Art Center and at Smith College. After teaching at Smith College from 1946-1969, in 1969 he became chair of the art department at the City College of New York. He kept a studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

(Source: RoGallery.com; AskArt.com)
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