Adolf Eduard Herstein
Illustration — Landscape Adolf Eduard Herstein (1869–1932) was a Polish painter and engraver.
Also recorded as Adolf Edward Herstein
Adolf Eduard Herstein
Adolf Edward Herstein 1869-1932 · artnet · Public domain
- Born
- 1869 · Warsaw.
- Died
- 1932 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- painter · artist · etcher
- Languages
- Polish
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Illustration — Landscape Adolf Eduard Herstein (1869–1932) was a Polish painter and engraver.
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Early life and career
Early life and career
Born in Warsaw, he worked and taught in France, Germany (where he was active in the Berlin Secession movement) and his native Poland. His oil painting relied on the use of heavy impasto and was in style closely related to Impressionism.
Personal life
Personal life
In Munich in 1894 he embarked upon an affair with Franziska, Gräfin (i.e., Countess) zu Reventlow (Fanny zu Reventlow). She was pregnant with Herstein's child when in 1895 she married the politician Walter Lübke. The pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.
Works
Works
An engraving of his called 'The Standard Bearer', is in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York collection. There are two works from the years 1914- 1915 held by the Brooklyn Museum, New York. In the years 1904–1911 he was the owner of a private school of painting in Warsaw. One of his pupils was Roman Kramsztyk.
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Herstein died in Berlin.
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1869
Adolf Eduard Herstein was born on 1 January 1869.
1932
Adolf Eduard Herstein died on 1 January 1932.
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- 1.gem. Rolf Löchel, Epiphanie einer Männerphantasie. Franziska Sperrs Roman-Biographie Franziska zu Reventlows bei Literaturkritik.de
- 2.gem. Dieter Wunderlich, Franziska zu Reventlow. 1871–1918. Biografie
- 3.(abgerufen am 24. August 2015)
- 4.gem. Hillel Kazovsky und Alice Nakhimovsky (Übersetzung), Art Education in der Yivo Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
- 5.gem. Information zu The collection bei Moma.org
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Adolf Eduard Herstein is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as painter, artist and etcher.
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