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Joseph Vorst

Joseph Paul Vorst (1897 - 1947) was active/lived in Missouri.  Joseph Vorst is known for Illustrations, regionalist scene, mural paintings.

German-born Joseph Vorst came from Essen (born June 19, 1897). His teacher was the leading German impressionist Max Liebermann (1847-1935), who was the champion of French impressionism in Berlin. He had traveled to Barbizon and Paris to see paintings by Manet first hand, including In the Conservatory, which made its way to Berlin.  Later Vorst's home town of Essen would acquire a collection of modern art in 1921, which became the Museum Folkwang, one of the earliest of its kind.

Most likely to escape the Nazis, Vorst made his way to Missouri; we know that he was a member of the American Artists Congress and he signed the famous "Call" in 1936 at the group's first congress, the left-wing organization that stood up to combat fascism. Surely he would have known Joe Jones (1909-1963), the representative on the National Executive Committee from St. Louis who was later reprimanded for producing Communist propaganda at his art classes for homeless youth set up in the St. Lo   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4010 characters.]  Artist bio

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