biography of Franz Joseph GROSZ (1909-?)

Birth place: NYC

Addresses: NYC; Kings Point, NY

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: NAD with L. Kroll, Olinsky, and Nielson; ASL with Boardman Robinson and R. Brackman; Hans Hofmann in NYC.

Exhibited: NAD; Corcoran Gal., 1939; Currier Gal.; WFNY, 1939; GGE, 1939; PAFA, 1941; CI (prize); AFA traveling exhib.; WMAA; 1948; Galerie Visconti, Paris, 1971 (solo); oil paintings, U.S. Info Service, shown in major European museums for one year; French Embassy, Amsterdam, 1973 (solo).

Work: CI; NAD; Currier Mus Art; PAFA; CGA. Commissions: more than 350 murals, 1941-60, including glass murals (mixed media), Joseph's School Auditorium, Astoria, NY & Manhasset Congregational Church, Nassau Co., NY, 1960; glass murals, Salem Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, CT, 1961, U.S. Coast Guard Acad., New London, CT, 1963 & St Anthony Shrine, Boston, 1965.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, glass.

Sources: WW73; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.