Biografie von Jules GUERIN (1866-1946)

Birth place: St. Louis, MO

Death place: Neptune, NJ

Addresses: New Orleans, active 1890; NYC

Profession: Mural painter, illustrator

Studied: Acad. Julian, Paris with J.P. Laurens and Constant, 1895.

Exhibited: AIC; Boston AC, 1899-1902; Chicago (medal); Paris Expo., 1900 (hon. mention); PAFA, 1900, 1912; Pan.-Am. Expo, 1904; Corcoran Gal., 1907, 1910; Phila. WCC, 1913 (prize); Pan-Pacific Expo., 1915 (gold); Univ. Calif., Berkeley, 1917 (solo)

Member: ANA, 1916; NA, 1931; Arch. Lg. 1911; AWCS; AIA; Société des Beaux-Arts; Art Commission Assoc., NYC; AAPL; Century Club.

Work: Lincoln Mem.; Pennsylvania Station; Fed. Reserve Bank, San Francisco; Illinois Merchant's Trust Co., Chicago; Kansas City, MO; Union Trust Co. and Terminal Bldg., Cleveland; Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA; Merchandise Mart, Chicago; Historic New Orleans Collection

Comments: Lived in New Orleans as a young man and went on to become internationally known as a free-lance renderer of presentation drawings for architectural firms and city planners. Illustrator: The Near East," "Egypt and Its Monuments," "The Chateaux of the Loire." He had studios in NYC, Paris, London and Cairo.

Sources: WW40; Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 168-69; Complementary Visions, 32 (w/repro.); Falk, Exh. Record Series.