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PAUL A. GRIMM
(1891-1974) was born of German parents in King Williams Town, South Africa on
January 11, 1891. When brought to the United States at age seven, he already
showed promise as an artist. At 18 he won a scholarship in Rochester, New York
for art study at the Düsseldorf Royal Academy.
After many years at that prestigious school, he moved to Hollywood in 1919 and
began his art career painting backdrops for the movie studios. Leaving the movie
capital, Grimm settled in Palm Springs in 1932 and remained a resident there for
the rest of his life.
He maintained a small studio-gallery in downtown Palm Springs at 428 N. Palm
Canyon Road where such notables as President Dwight D. Eisenhower often visited
and shared confidences. Eisenhower once wrote, “I profited from the experience
of seeing how a real artist creates the effects he wants.”
Although Grimm painted scenes of the High Sierra (where he often could be found
in summers), missions, and Indian portraits, his fame lies as a painter of the
southern California desert and its many moods. One reviewer once wrote, “His
canvases of Mt San Jacinto, which for their sheer magnificence and power of
conception and execution, rank as probably the finest work ever done on the
subject.”
Grimm died in Palm Springs on December 30, 1974. Exhibited: San Diego
Exposition, 1935.
Paul Grimm's works hang in the following collections: Nevada Museum in Reno,
Nevada; Bank of America in Palm Springs, California; Palm Springs
California Post Office; and the Irvine Museum. |
Golden Sierras |
High Sierra |
Smoke Trees 'Neath San Jacinto |
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Desert Sand Waves -
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Desert River -
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Sand Waves and Wild Flowers -
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