Joseph Paul Vorst

Joseph Paul Vorst was born June 19, 1897 in Essen, Germany. He studied at the Folkwang Schule in Hagen before serving in World War I, from which he received a permanent limp. He studied art at the National Academy of Berlin with Max Lieberman and Max Slevogt,[2] and was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1924. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1930,[3] settling in Missouri near his cousins in Ste. Genevieve. He married Lina Weller on June 15, 1935 in St. Louis, MO.

Joseph Paul Vorst
Vorst while still living in Germany[1]
Born
Joseph Paul Vorst

19 June, 1897
Essen, Germany
Died15 Oct, 1947
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Resting placeLake Charles Park Cemetery, Bel-Nor, St. Louis, MO
NationalityGerman, American
Known forMurals, Lithography
MovementRegionalism
Spouse(s)Lina Weller (1900-1992)
Patron(s)WPA

He taught art in St. Louis and did much public work for the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.[4] Among other locations Vorst was art director at Jefferson College.[5] According to an article on him in the LDS Improvement Era written by William Mulder he assisted full-time LDS missionaries in St. Louis extensively in sharing the gospel with more people.

His work is owned or has been shown by the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery, the New York World’s Fair, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery, the Smithsonian, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the St. Louis Art Museum.[6] He also exhibited his work in both the Deseret Gym art room and the Springville Art Museum.[7] An exhibition featuring his life [8] and work was hosted by the LDS Church History Museum in 2017/2018 in Salt Lake City, UT. [9]

Vorst died of an aneurysm in St. Louis on October 15,1947.

References
  1. "Joe Vorst & Matt Ziegler" by Myrtle Vorst Sheppard
  2. []"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2014-01-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. New York NY Passenger List, July 15, 1930, S.S. "Europa" from Bremen, see document:
  4. "Joseph Paul Vorst: Regionalist Artist" by Ardis E. Parshall of Keepapitchinin
  5. R. Scott Lloyd. "Church Acquires Works of Unsung Artist of Yesteryear". LDS Church News, March 29, 2015. p. 8-10.
  6. Joseph Paul Vorst: Prospectus from Mormon Artists Group
  7. Lloyd, "Unsung Artist", LDS Church News, p. 9
  9. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temples
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