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Joseph John Paul Meert    (Belgian/American, 1905-1989)

 Joseph John Paul Meert - E. E. Davis Cash Coal (Paintings) h: 12 x w: 16 in / h: 30.5 x w: 40.6 cm
Joseph John Paul Meert
E. E. Davis Cash Coal circa 1930
 
  

Biography
1905 Born, Brussels, Belgium
1910 Immigrated to the US
1920 - 1929 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1932 Art Students League, New York, NY
1935 1st Prize, Kansas City Sweepstakes Exhibition, Kansas City, KS
1936 1st Prize, Midwestern Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute, KS
1938 Prize for Best Oil, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1938 WPA murals for the Treasury Department at the Spencer, IN and Marceline and Mt. Vernon, MO post offices
1939 Purchase Prize, World's Fair New York, NY
1935 - 1940 Invited by Thomas Hart Benton to teach at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, KS
1940 Honorable Award, Hallmark Competition
1944 Member of the American Artists Congress
1950 J.Henry Scheidt Memorial Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of F ine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1980 Became a Ward of the State
1985 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
1989 Died, Waterbury, CT

Exhibitions
1994 "Color Rhythms: The Late Watercolors of Joseph Meert," Pollock-Krasner House, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1977 "NYC WPA Art," Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1961 Mari Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1957 Nonagon Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1955 Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1954 Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1954 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1954 Brooklyn Museum Print Annuals, Brooklyn, NY
1954 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1953 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1953 Brooklyn Museum Print Annuals, Brooklyn, NY
1952 Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1951 Philadelphia Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1951 Brooklyn Museum Print ANnuals, Brooklyn, NY
1951 Ganso Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1950 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1949 Artists Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1949 John Heller Gallery, New York, NY
1948 44th Street Gallery, New York, NY
1947 Library of Congress Print Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
1946 Worchester Museum Virginia Museum Spiral Group Annual Exhibit
1943 Whitney Museum of American Art "Annual" Exhibition, New York, NY
1941 Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1940 Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
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