biography of Jules MERSFELDER (1865-1937)

Birth place: Stockton, CA

Death place: Berkeley, CA

Addresses: Chicago, 1900-04; NYC; Portland, OR; San Fran.; Berkeley, CA

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: V. Williams, San Fran. Sch. Des., three years; A.H. Wyant

Exhibited: NAD, 1891, 1899; Mark Hopkins Inst., 1897; AIC, 1900-04 (prize); St. Louis Expo, 1904 (med.)

Member: Chicago Soc. Art; San Fran. Inst. Art

Work: Oakland Mus.

Comments: Best known for the dark and somber landscapes of California oaks. He also painted at Ogunquit, ME. Married painter Lou Mersfelder.

Sources: WW10; Hughes, Artists in California, 376; Falk, AIC