biografia di Joseph Paul VORST (1897-1947)

Birth place: Essen, Germany

Death place: Overland, MO?

Addresses: St. Louis, Overland, MO

Profession: Portrait painter, mural painter, block printer, illustrator, lithographer, teacher

Studied: Folkwang Acad., Essen; Acad. FA, Berlin, with Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt.

Exhibited: GGE 1939; WFNY 1939; AIC, 1937 (prize); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1939, 1943; VMFA; WMAA; William Rockhill Nelson Gal.; CAM, 1933 (prize), 1945 (prize); Kansas City AI, 1938 (prize); St. Louis AG, 1930 (prize), 1933 (prize); 48 Sts. Competition, 1939 (winner); PAFA Ann., 1940-41.

Member: Am. Artists Congress

Work: Davenport Mun. Art Gal.; Princeton Univ.; Carnegie Inst.; CAM; Springfield Mus.; WPA murals, USPO, Betheney, MO, Vandalia, MO, and Paris, AR

Comments: Author/illustrator: articles, The Volcano"; lithograph, "The Fietemann"; woodcuts, "The Death Dance" (Kunstanstalt Ruhrland). Illustrator: Esquire. Position: Thomas Jefferson College, St. Louis, MO.

Sources: WW53; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.