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George Joseph Mess

George Joseph Mess (1898 - 1962) was active/lived in Indiana, Illinois.  George Mess is known for Landscape, genre painting, illustration, etching.

An Indiana etcher, painter and teacher, George Joseph Mess studied art at Columbia University, the John Herron Art School, the Modern School of Design, Chicago, and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.  He also received scholarships for further studies at the Louis Tiffany Foundation, New York City.

Along with his brother Gordon, an Indiana Landscape painter, George Jo Mess founded the commercial art business, the Circle Art Company, in downtown Indianapolis.

He married Evelynne Bernloehr Mess (b. 1903), who became an accomplished printmaker in her own right.  The two artists founded and taught at the Circle Art Academy from 1927 to 1932.  

In1937, George and Evelynne Mess moved to Chicago.  George Jo Mess worked as a commercial artist on the staff of both Esquire and Coronet until he returned to Indianapolis in 1940.

Back in Indianapolis, he taught at both the John Herron Art School and the Indianapolis Art League. In 194   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1624 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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