Josef Herman
Polish artist (1911ā2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Josef Herman OBE RA (3 January 1911 ā 19 February 2000), was a highly regarded Polish-British painter who influenced contemporary art, particularly in the United Kingdom. He was part of a generation of central and eastern European Jewish refugee artists who emigrated to escape Nazi persecution. He saw himself as part of a tradition of European figurative artists who painted working people, a tradition that included Courbet, Millet and Van Gogh, Kathe Kollwitz and the Flemish Expressionist Constant Permeke. For eleven years he lived in Ystradgynlais, a mining community in South Wales.
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Josef Herman | |
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Born | 3 January 1911 |
Died | 19 February 2000(2000-02-19) (aged 89) West London, England |
Known for | Painting |
Website | Josef Herman Art Foundation |
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