Auguste Herst
Illustration — Scènes De Marché, Auguste Herst. Oil on panel. Auguste Clément Joseph Herst (18 August 1825, Rocroi - 10 August 1900, Nice) was a French watercolour and oil painter who exhibited at the Salon of 1861 and at later exhibitions.
Also recorded as Auguste Clement Joseph Herst · Auguste-Clément-Joseph Herst · Auguste Clément Herst · Auguste Clément Joseph Herst
Auguste Herst
Auguste Herst · Photograph of the original · Public domain
- Born
- 1825 · Rocroi.
- Died
- 1900 · Nice.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · draftsperson
- Fields
- landscape · animal
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Born at Rocroi in 1825, died in Nice in 1900.
Eugène Villon is recorded as having studied under Auguste Herst. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape and animal. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands, Scheveningen and Paris. Work by Auguste Herst is recorded in the collections of paintings collection of Musée des beaux-arts de Chartres. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Estuaire en Hollande by Auguste Herst. Oil on panel.
Auguste Herst
Hall des sculptures et cimaises du salon de 1861 (Palais de l'industrie), photographie de Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg, largeur du cliché: environ 27 cm. Vue n°37, extraite d'un album de 42 vues. BnF inv: FOL-AD-1104
Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg · This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b84470789
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