biografía de Herman Gustave HERKOMER (1862-1935)

Lugar de nacimiento: Cleveland, OH

Lugar de defunción: Sacramento, CA

Direcciones: Herts., England, 1885; Cleveland, OH, 1906; Auburn, CA

Profesión: Portrait painter

Estudios: W.M. Chase; Acad. Julian, Paris with Boulanger & Lefebvre, 1884; also in London & Munich; H. Herkomer

Exposiciones: Paris Salon, 1884, 1885, 1888; Royal Acad., London; PAFA, 1885, 1906; Pan.-Pac. Expo., San Fran., 1915; SFAA, 1916; Corcoran Gal., 1916; Bohemian Club, 1922

Asociaciones: Bohemian Club

Comentarios: Lived in London for 31 years, gaining recognition for his portraits of prominent people. Returned to U.S. about 1915, settling first in San Francisco.

Fuentes: WW17; Hughes, Artists in California, 250; Benezit; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 355; Falk, Exh. Record Series.