Franklin Building, Chicago, IL, USA, mural over entrance

Oskar Gross (1871 - 1963) was an artist in Germany and the United States. Born in Vienna, he worked in Munich before moving to the United States. His work included decorative murals in buildings for

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and

George C. Nimmons George Croll Nimmons (June 8, 1865 - June 17, 1947) was an American architect. Nimmons was best known for his commercial work, which was primarily for Sears, Roebuck and Company, but he also designed several houses, including a Kenwood, Chicag ...

He was also a portraitist. He was born in

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in 1871. He won a competition in 1898 to paint murals for the Austro-Hungarian state pavilions at the World’s Fair in Paris. This led to an offer to work in Chicago. He did paintings for Sullivan's National Farmers Bank in

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. He did interior paintings for Chicago's Franklin Building. He returned to portrait painting after 1920. His work includes a portrait of

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displayed in the lobby of

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. He died in Chicago in 1963.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gross, Oskar 1871 births 1963 deaths Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States Austrian male artists Austrian portrait painters Austro-Hungarian expatriates in Germany