Paul Herzel Oil Painting
Item Details
Paul Herzel (American; 1876 – 1956)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Unsigned
Inscribed “Herzel Estate” to the verso
Paul Herzel was born in Germany and emigrated with his family to the U.S. at age seven. Having settled in St. Louis, he studied at the St. Louis Art School and began creating sketches, paintings, and sculptural models inspired by the animals he saw at the Forest Park Zoo. After traveling abroad, he moved to New York and studied sculpture at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. In New York, his interest in animals and wildlife continued, as he created artwork inspired by his frequent visits to the Central Park Zoo. Many of Herzel’s sculptural designs have been sold and reproduced by companies such as Pompeiian Bronze; his original work has been collected by the New York Zoological Society and the Moscow Museum of Modern Western Arts, among other institutions.
Condition
- wear to edges of painting; dust and accretions present to surface of painting; wear and loss of paint to corners of canvas; slight billow to canvas; surface wear present to painting; stretcher frame visible through canvas; painting has been relined; half inch tear to upper left of canvas.
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Item #
18DCC659-574