Joseph paul vorst biography of albert einstein

Discover the little-known story of one of the most significant Latter-day Saint artists of the early 20th century.

The exhibit will be open November 9, 2017, through April 15, 2018.

About the Artist

The short life of Joseph Paul Vorst (1897–1947) reads like a proxy for the 20th century. Raised in poverty in Germany, Vorst lived through two world wars, struggled through the Great Depression, witnessed personally the rise of the Nazi Party in Europe, and experienced prejudice against German immigrants in America.

Fleeing Germany as his celebrated teachers were censored, he settled in St. Louis, Missouri. There, he decried fascism and was embraced by artists and museums in America, exhibiting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Library of Congress, and the Carnegie Institute, among many others, showing his award-winning paintings and prints widely.

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