Background
Gross, Oskar was born on November 29, 1871 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Rudolf and Jeanette (Kurzweil) Gross.
Gross, Oskar was born on November 29, 1871 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Rudolf and Jeanette (Kurzweil) Gross.
Education high school and Polytechnic. Graduate Imperial Royal Academy Fine Arts, Vienna, 1896. Studied in Munich and Paris.
Came to the United States, 1902. Awarded silver medal, Imperial Royal Academy Fine Arts, 1896. Special prize, 1897; honorable mention American Artists’ Exhibition, Chicago 1914.
Municipal Art League prize, 1922.
Gold medal Palette and Chisel Club, 1926. 1,000 prize, Chicago Galleries Association, 1928.
Municipal Art League prize for portraiture, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1927. Gold medal, Association Painters and Sculptors of Chicago, 1929.
Represented by mural decorations in Government buildings, World’s Fair, Paris, 1900.
Works in City Museum, Vienna. Municipal Gallery, Chicago. Illinois chapter American International Assurance.
University of Chicago.
Painted portraits of Alonzo Stagg, Powel Smith, University of Chicago, and Doctor Fenger, Northwestern University, and many others Former member Society of Artists (Vienna).
Member Association Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Cliff Dwellers Club, Arts Club of Chicago. Studio: 19 East. Pearson Saint, Chicago
Member Association Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Cliff Dwellers.
Married April; children: Ralph, Jennie, Louis.