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‡JOSEF HERMAN (1911-2000).
A Miner
pen and wash
9 x 7 1/2 in
Dateable to c. 1944-1955
Exhibited : National Museum and Gallery of Wales 30th May-26 July 1992
Provenance: with Christopher Powney
Mrs D. Dixon
The rise to prominence of Josef Herman is closely linked with the eleven years that he spent in South Wales. The mining community became a rich source of atistic inspiration for him. On his first visit in 1944 to Ystradgynlais, the artist had written: 'The image of Miners on the bridge... had mystified me with its mixture of sadness and grandeur and it became the source of my work for years to come. For Herman the miners with their stoical labour, dignity, wit and sheer endurance had become profound symbols of universal labouring Man
A Miner
pen and wash
9 x 7 1/2 in
Dateable to c. 1944-1955
Exhibited : National Museum and Gallery of Wales 30th May-26 July 1992
Provenance: with Christopher Powney
Mrs D. Dixon
The rise to prominence of Josef Herman is closely linked with the eleven years that he spent in South Wales. The mining community became a rich source of atistic inspiration for him. On his first visit in 1944 to Ystradgynlais, the artist had written: 'The image of Miners on the bridge... had mystified me with its mixture of sadness and grandeur and it became the source of my work for years to come. For Herman the miners with their stoical labour, dignity, wit and sheer endurance had become profound symbols of universal labouring Man
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‡JOSEF HERMAN (1911-2000).
A Miner
pen and wash
9 x 7 1/2 in
Dateable to c. 1944-1955
Exhibited : National Museum and Gallery of Wales 30th May-26 July 1992
Provenance: with Christopher Powney
Mrs D. Dixon
The rise to prominence of Josef Herman is closely linked with the eleven years that he spent in South Wales. The mining community became a rich source of atistic inspiration for him. On his first visit in 1944 to Ystradgynlais, the artist had written: 'The image of Miners on the bridge... had mystified me with its mixture of sadness and grandeur and it became the source of my work for years to come. For Herman the miners with their stoical labour, dignity, wit and sheer endurance had become profound symbols of universal labouring Man
A Miner
pen and wash
9 x 7 1/2 in
Dateable to c. 1944-1955
Exhibited : National Museum and Gallery of Wales 30th May-26 July 1992
Provenance: with Christopher Powney
Mrs D. Dixon
The rise to prominence of Josef Herman is closely linked with the eleven years that he spent in South Wales. The mining community became a rich source of atistic inspiration for him. On his first visit in 1944 to Ystradgynlais, the artist had written: 'The image of Miners on the bridge... had mystified me with its mixture of sadness and grandeur and it became the source of my work for years to come. For Herman the miners with their stoical labour, dignity, wit and sheer endurance had become profound symbols of universal labouring Man
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