Description
Splashes of Color, 1956
Artist: Joseph Meert (1905-1989)
Oil on paper
15 x 19 inches
Signed lower right, titled and annotated on verso
Meert studied at Kansas City Art Institute and at Art Students League with Benton, Sloan and Boardman Robinson. Benton considered Meert his best student and had him take over his classes at Kansas City Art Institute while Benton did the Missouri capitol murals. Meert participated in the Works Progress Administration by painting 3 murals.
