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Albert Herter

Albert Herter (1871 - 1950) was active/lived in California, New York / France.  Albert Herter is known for Decorative art, portrait, figure-allegory and still life painting, textiles.

Albert Herter is best remembered in East Hampton, New York for two reasons: as the original owner of the Creeks, the extravagant 60-acre estate on Georgica Pond, later the home of the painter Alfonso Ossorio and the dancer Ted Dragon and now owned by Ronald Perelman; and as the father of Christian Herter, Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Secretary of State.  Some might say he should be better known as an artist, for before his death in 1950, he was celebrated for his historical murals.

But time has not been kind to the Maxfield Parrish or N.C. Wyeth style that to some extent Albert Herter often emulated, probably because these painters are thought of as mere illustrators rather than true artists.  Time has its benign side as well, for nostalgia seems to envelop everything remotely interesting from the past these days, and Albert Herter is no exception.

In a new, slim volume of stories, A Dubious Lineage, the Herter family has for the first time published s   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12833 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 139 auction lots for Albert Herter (of which 84 auction records sold and 1 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 6 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Albert Herter as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Albert Herter in 1 of its research Essays. Albert Herter has 10 artist signature examples available in our database.

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