Mervin Jules (1912 - 1994)

Mervin Jules

Mervin Jules was an American artist known for his silk screen prints. He attended Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He then moved to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League of New York. During the 1930s Jules was a member of the Silk Screen Unit of the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Fine Arts Project. In 1945 he served as artist-in-residence at Smith College for a year. He then when on to teach at Smith until 1970 where he served for a time as head of the art department.[6] From 1970 until 1980 he served as chairman of the art department of the City College of New York. Jules' work was included in 1944 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition of the National Serigraph Society. 

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