Leo Herrmann

Leo Herrmann
Born (1853-07-02)July 2, 1853
Died 1927 (aged 73–74)
Residence Paris
Nationality French
Movement Anti-clerical art

Leo Herrmann (2 July 1853 – 1927) was a French anti-clerical painter.

Herrmann was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts,[1] and learned under the tutelage Ernest Meissonier.[2] He entered the Parisian art scene in 1875 at the Paris Salon.[1] Herrmann occasionally painted dandies or soldiers,[3] but became a successful artist by creating works that depict cardinals wearing red cassocks in comical scenarios.[4]

Some of his paintings have clerics feeding swans; others have cardinals themselves painting. Another has a cardinal drinking wine through a long straw.[3]

Works

His first painting, shown in 1875, is A Bout d'Argument. Others include La Bonne Histoire (1876), Le Scandale du Jour (1877), Au Rendez-Vous (1887), Le Goûter (1889), Au Cabare (1896),[1] The Cordon Bleu, Suzette's Slipper,[5] and L'incroyable.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Singer, Isidore; Haneman, Frederick T. (1906). "Herrmann, Leo". Jewish Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ "Macmillan's Magazine". Vol. 50. New York. 1884. p. 95 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Zafran, Eric M. (1992). Cavaliers and Cardinals. Cincinnati: Taft Museum. p. 54. ISBN 0-915577-23-2.
  4. ↑ "Leo Herrmann". Haynes Fine Art. Haynes Fine Art of Broadway. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Catalogue of the Private Gallery of Valuable Paintings Belonging to Mr. Edward M. Knox. American Art Association. 1906. Nos. 10 & 48 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "More New Pictures". The Detroit Art Loan Record. H.A. and K.B. Ford (125): 164, 173. 1883 – via Google Books.



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