Paul Herzel 1912 Wildlife Oil Painting of Lions

Item Details

Paul Herzel (New York/Germany; 1876- 1956)
Untitled, 1912
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right

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 frame; dust and accretions present to painting and frame; heavy billow to canvas; craquelure present throughout painting; stretcher frame visible through canvas; minor losses of paint to center of painting; surface wear present to painting; toning to varnish.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 27.5" W x 22.5" H.

Item #

18DCC659-1754