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Paul Grimm self Sketch with friend
Self portrait skecth with a close friend		 Paul Grimm 1891 - 1977
Paul Grimm, Desert Charm, a scene with desert verbena in the foreground and Mt. San Jacinto in the background
Desert Charm 1954
(Mount San Jacinto)
Paull Grimm, Lone Pine Tree
Lone Smoke Tree

Paul Grimm was born in South Africa and came to America near the turn of the century. When he was 18, he won a scholarship to study art in Germany at the Dusseldorf Royal Academy.

He moved to Hollywood in 1919, and worked painting backdrops for movie sets, and then on to Palm Springs in 1932. There he joined the society of desert painters, counting Edgar and Elsie Payne and Jimmy Swinnerton among his friends.
Paul Grimm at his shaded plein air easel
in front of Mount San Jacinto		 Paul Grimm standing with cigar along with his portrait of his friend Gene Autrey with Mt. San Jacinto in the background
Paul Grimm with cigar standing
alongside his portrait of his friend Gene Autrey
with Mt. San Jacinto in the background
Later in his career, his small studio on North Canyon Road drew a famous self-confessed "dauber," Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ike enjoyed the company of desert artists, including John W. Hilton. Ike stated he had "profited from the experience of seeing how a real artist creates the effects he wants. Paul enjoyed painting the high Sierra, missions, portraits of Native Americans, and the deserts surrounding his home in Palm Springs.