Léo Herrmann
Leo Herrmann (2 July 1853 – 1927) was a French anti-clerical painter. Herrmann was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts, and learned under the tutelage Ernest Meissonier. He entered the Parisian art scene in 1875 at the Paris Salon.
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Léo Herrmann
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- Name
- Leo Herrmann
- Born
- 2 July 1853
- Died
- 1927
- Movement
- Anti-clerical art
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Languages
- French
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Herrmann occasionally painted dandies or soldiers, but became a successful artist by creating works that depict cardinals wearing red cassocks in comical scenarios. Some of his paintings have clerics feeding swans; others have cardinals themselves painting. Another has a cardinal drinking wine through a long straw.
The Cardinals Nap
Léo Herrmann (1853-1927)
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Léo Herrmann (1853-1927)
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Key facts
• Name — Leo Herrmann • Born — 2 July 1853 • Died — 1927 • Movement — Anti-clerical art
Works
Works
His first painting, shown in 1875, is A Bout d'Argument. Others include La Bonne Histoire (1876), Le Scandale du Jour (1877), Au Rendez-Vous (1887), Le Goûter (1889), Au Cabare (1896), The Cordon Bleu, Suzette's Slipper, and L'incroyable. • Illustration — The Ace of Hearts • Illustration — Feeding Time • Illustration — Butterfly Hunting • Illustration — The Cardinal's Nap
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- 1.Macmillan's Magazine. 50. 95. 1884.
- 2.Singer, Isidore. Herrmann, Leo. Jewish Encyclopedia. 1906.
- 3.Zafran, Eric M. Cavaliers and Cardinals. Taft Museum. 54. 1992. 0-915577-23-2.
- 4.Haynes Fine Art of Broadway. Leo Herrmann. Haynes Fine Art.
- 5.American Art Association. Catalogue of the Private Gallery of Valuable Paintings Belonging to Mr. Edward M. Knox. 10 & 48. 1906.
- 6.H.A. and K.B. Ford. More New Pictures. The Detroit Art Loan Record. 125. 164, 173. 1883.
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