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Jules R Mersfelder

Jules R. Mersfelder (1865 - 1937) was active/lived in California.  Jules Mersfelder is known for Landscape, coastal views.

Jules R. Mersfelder was born on Aug. 26, 1865 in Stockton, CA when it was still a small frontier town. Mersfelder began drawing at an early age and in his teens moved to San Francisco where he studied for three years at the School of Design under Virgil Williams. While studying at that school, he often visited the nearby studio of William Keith who offered criticism.

Mersfelder then moved to NYC where he had a studio for a few years. During his stay there, he exhibited at the first exhibition of the Society of American Artists. He also enjoyed the hospitality and criticism of George Inness and A. H. Wyant. He later exhibited in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and Baltimore.

He won a bronze medal at the Louisiana Purchase Expo (St Louis) of 1904 and was awarded the Klio Assn prize at the annual exhibition held at the AIC where 18 of his canvases were accepted by the jury. He had a studio in Portland, OR in 1889 before returning to San Francisco in 1891. He was active in t

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Historical Society. California State Library (Sacramento); Keith, Old Master of California (Brother Cornelius); Art in California (R. L. Bernier, 1916); American Art Annual 1907; Death Record.

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