Background
Jules, Mervin was born on March 21, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Sidney and Anna (Goldenberg) Jules.
Jules, Mervin was born on March 21, 1912 in Baltimore. Son of Sidney and Anna (Goldenberg) Jules.
Student, Baltimore City College, 1930; student, Maryland. Institute Fine Arts, 1930-1933; student, Art Students League, 1933-1934.
Instructor art, Fieldston School, New York City, 1942-1944;
instructor art, Museum Modern Art, 1943-1944, 1946-1948;
instructor art, War Veterans Art Center, 1944;
visiting artist, Smith College, 1945-1945;
associate professor art, Smith College, 1946-1963;
professor, Smith College, 1963-1994;
chairman art department, Smith College, 1963-1967;
professor, chairman art department, City College of New York, 1969-1994. Member of staff, university extension division, department education Commonwealth Massachusetts, 1950-1952. Lecturer University of Wisconsin, summer 1951.
Staff George Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, 1952-1953. Lecturer Hillyer College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1953. Fellow McDowell Colony, 1938, 61.
Yaddo fellow, 1941.
Board of directors Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Member governing board Institute for Study Art in Education, British Museum. Fellow Royal Society Arts.
Member American Association of University Professors, Provincetown Art Association (trustee, president 1985-1987), Audubon Artists, National Academy, Artists League American, Committee Art Education, Society American Graphic Artists, Artist Equity Association, Springfield Art League, Boston Printmakers (honorable mention 19th Annual Exhibition 1967), Century Association, Color Print Society of Philadelphia, Society of America Etchers, Engravers, Lithographers and woodcutters.
Married Rita Albers, April 20, 1940. Children: Gabriel, Fredrick.