volunteered to repaint two of the children in the mural to be African-American and thus integrate the mural in a symbolic act. Dean of St. Louis artists According to art historian William H. Gerdts, Nuderscher "was the most significant Impressionist painter to spend his whole career in Missouri." In the Midwest, Nuderscher was appreciated as such in his lifetime, and he used his influence to mentor other artists and to promote the arts in the region. Nuderscher was the last surviving artist of the Riverfront Art Colony in St. Louis. He was a member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the St. Louis Artist Guild (where he won 10 first prizes), was president of the Independent Artists of St. Louis, and was the state chairman of the American Artists Professional League. Nuderscher also co-founded the Society of Ozark Painters with Carl Krafft and Rudolph F. Ingerle. Nuderscher was the founder and director of the Nuderscher School of Art in St. Louis, the Ozark School of Art in Arcadia, and ran a summer school in Kimmswick, Missouri. In the 1930s, he was the area supervisor for the WPA Federal Arts Project in the St. Louis region. During his long tenure as a working artist and teacher, Nuderscher trained multiple generations of Missouri painters. After a career of over 50 years, Nuderscher died of heart disease in his Clayton, Missouri home at age 79. References 1880 births 1959 deaths 19th-century American painters 19th-century male artists 20th-century American painters American illustrators American Impressionist painters American male painters American muralists Artists from St. Louis Federal Art Project artists Painters from Missouri Saint Louis Zoo people Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts alumni Tonalism Works Progress Administration in Missouri