biography of Edmund Henri WUERPEL (1866-1958)

Birth place: St. Louis, MO

Addresses: Clayton 5, St. Louis, MO

Profession: Painter, educator, writer, lecturer

Studied: Washington Univ., St. Louis; Académie Julian, Paris with Bouguereau, Robert-Fleury, Ferrier, and Doucet, 1889-92; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; also with Aman-Jean, Gérôme, and Whistler in Paris.

Exhibited: AIC; CGA; Carnegie Inst.; PAFA Ann., 1896-1905, 1910-1923, 1932; Pan-Pacific Exp., 1915, hor concours; CAM; St. Louis A. Gld.; 2 x 4 Soc.; Chicago, Portland, St. Louis Exp. Author: numerous monographs. Awards: med., Lewis & Clark Exp.; prizes, St. Louis A. Gld.; St. Louis A. Lg.; Hon. degree, D.F.A. Washington Univ.

Member: Am. Artists Assn., Paris; St. Louis Art Lg.; St. Louis Art Gld.; 2 x 4 Soc., St. Louis.

Work: murals, Missouri State Capitol; Church of Unity, St. Louis, MO; CAM; Pub. Lib., St. Louis; Herron AI, Indianapolis; Missouri Athletic Club and Lib.; Buenos Aires Mus.; Sch. of Orthodontia, Pasadena; Burroughs Sch., St. Louis.

Comments: Position: dean emeritus, Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO; instructor, acting director, dean, St. Louis School FA.

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