Background
Wuerpel, Edmund Henry was born on May 13, 1866 in Saint Louis. Son of Edmund M. and Minnie (Taussig) Wuerpel.
Wuerpel, Edmund Henry was born on May 13, 1866 in Saint Louis. Son of Edmund M. and Minnie (Taussig) Wuerpel.
Pupil of the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts. West. A. Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury, Gabriel Ferrier and Edmund Aman-Jean, Paris. Doctor Fine Arts, Washington University, 1935.
Instructor 1894, later director, Saint Louis School of Fine Arts, 1909-1938. Now director emeritus. Exhibited at Paris salons.
Life member the Saint Louis Artists Guild (ex-president), Society Western Artists (ex-president).
Honorary member American Art Association, Paris. Exhibited at Paris Exposition, 1900.
Member National Jury, Paris Exposition, 1900. Correspondent secretary American Jury in Paris for Chicago Exposition, 1893.
Member Jury of Selection and of International Jury of Awards, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Represented by pictures in Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, Clayton (Missouri) Public Library, Indianapolis Art Museum, Museum of Art (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Mural decorations in Missouri Athletic Club, Saint Louis Church of the Unity. Mural decoration Missouri Capitol Building Lecturer and writer on history of art
Member jury of selection and International Jury of Awards, Panama, Philippine Islands Exposition, 1915.
Married Minnie Clay Johnson, June 25, 1895. Children: Althea Adele (deceased), Lois (Mistress East.L. Bowles), Margaret (Mistress J. Wendell Macleod, deceased).