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Josef Herman

Josef Herman (1911 - 2000) was active/lived in England, Wales, United Kingdom.  Josef Herman is known for Expressionist oil paintings of coal mining figures and genre.

"Josef Herman: the Polish painter who found himself in Wales", by Magie Gray, Art Historian and Writer, February 2, 2018

One warm evening in 1944, a group of Welsh miners crossed a bridge on their way home from work and changed an artist’s life forever.

The sun was low, and cast a glowing orange light across the scene. Probably the men didn’t notice Josef Herman watching: if they did spot him, they might have wondered how a young Polish émigré painter had found himself in the small town of Ystradgynlais. But to Herman it was the miners, not he, who were the noteworthy sight:

'For a split second their heads appeared against the full body of the sun, as against a yellow disc – the whole image was not unlike that of an icon depicting the saints with their haloes... The magnificence of the scene overwhelmed me.'

Herman had arrived that day, on a visit from London that he expected to last a fortnight. He stayed 11 years, and became a respected chronicler of the W   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 9232 characters.]  Artist bio

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