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Herman Maril (1908-1986) was a Modernist painter, printmaker and teacher in Baltimore, Maryland. Maril was a native of Baltimore and studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts. During the Great Depression, he worked on the Federal Art Project sponsored by the Works Progress Administration and created murals for the post office of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Alta Vista, Virginia. Maril had a long career as an educator and taught at various places such as the Cummington School and, after his World War II military service, the King-Smith School, among other places. His longest tenure was at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was a professor of painting for over 31 years from 1946 until his retirement in 1977. Maril married his wife Esta in 1948 and they had two children, David and Nadja.
Maril exhibited widely and has been continuously represented by major galleries since the 1930s. According to the Herman Maril Foundation, "Maril's work has been featured in over 50 solo exhibitions at galleries and museums around the country. Maril's work is included in over 100 museums," and "In 1983, University of Maryland University College (UMUC) established a permanent Herman Maril Gallery to showcase his works."
Maril's artwork is part of the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Phillips Collection, The Whitney Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many other museums across the country and abroad. Maril passed away in 1986.
