Background
Kaep, Louis Joseph was born on March 19, 1903 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States.
Kaep, Louis Joseph was born on March 19, 1903 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States.
Graduate, Loras College, 1921; graduate, Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago, 1924; foreign travel and study, Julien Academy, Paris, 1928-1931.
Art director, J. Walter Thompson, Chicago, 1923-1929; art director, Montgomery Ward & Company. New York City, 1942-1954; executive vice president, general manager, Vogue Wright Studios, New York City, 1954-1968; president, Electrographic Corporation, New York City, 1968-1970; vice chairman, Electrographic Corporation, New York City, 1970-1991.
Member Artists and Writers Association, National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society {1st vice president 1962-1966, citation for outstanding service 1965}, Knickerbocker Artists, London Society Royal Arts, Baltimore Watercolor Club, Allied Artists Am {Association Members award}, Greenwich Society Artists {treasurer 1953-1957}, Springfield {Massachusetts} Art League, Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Chicago Galleries Association, Westport artists associations, Society Illustrators, Salmagundi Club {New York City, Clark Boyson award 1958, award for best in show 1969}.
Son of Henry John and Mayme {Eulberg} K. Married Marion Luey, February 10, 1934. Married Myrthine Herndon Corley, September 29, 1973.
