Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Hermann Ottomar Herzog (November 16, 1832
Life and work
Herzog was born in
In 1871 Herzog immigrated to the U.S., declaring his intent for naturalization at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on August 14 of that year.[4] After traveling extensively throughout the US, including California in 1873 and in Mexico, and becoming an American citizen in 1876, he returned to Germany, brought his family back with him in 1877, and settled permanently in West Philadelphia Philadelphia in the United States.[5] Herzog received an award at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition for “excellence in landscape painting” regarding his entry Sentinel Rock, Yosemite..[6] He later made extensive trips to Maine and especially Florida, where he wintered annually and painted over 300 works of its wilderness.[7]
Because he was a successful investor, Herzog did not depend on the sale of his artwork to maintain a comfortable lifestyle. Following his death, his family retained a large group of his paintings, most of which were released to the art market in the 1970s. A number of prominent American and European museums now include Herzog's work as part of their collections.
Herzog's work is sometimes considered to be part of the Hudson River School, although it is more realistic and less over-dramatic than works by peers Frederic Edwin Church or Albert Bierstadt.
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In his long life, Herzog created many more than 1,000 paintings, including "Women in a Tropical Setting" and "Landscape with a Bear and her Cub". He died in Philadelphia, on February 6, 1932, at age ninety-nine.[8] His son, Lewis Edward, also became a landscape painter of some note.
See also
Sources
- ^ Edward Pollack and Deborah C. Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 11, 79, citing Hermann Herzog’s birth certificate, Staatarchiv Bremen, and Herzog to Levi Mengel, January 4, 1918, Levi W. Mengel Papers, Reading Museum of Art, in which Herzog corrects his date of birth.
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History(Blue Heron Press, 2023), 29 citing and illustrating Hermann Herzog passport, ancestry.com
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 11-15; Archives, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf.
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 23-24; Herzog's immigration records, ancestry.com.
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 26-33.
- ^ International Exhibition, Philadelphia, March 8, 1876, Report on Awards Citation; Philadelphia City Directory, 1876; Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 27, 29-30.
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 52-79. 100-163.
- ^ Pollack and Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023), 80-81.
- Pollack, Edward and Deborah C. Pollack, Hermann Herzog: His Remarkable Life, Unrivaled Florida Work, and Rightful Place in American Art History (Blue Heron Press, 2023).
- International Exhibition, Philadelphia, March 8, 1876, Report on Awards Citation
- Archives, Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf,
- Staatsarchiv Bremen
"Herzog, Hermann", In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol.16: Hansen–Heubach. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1923, pg.570
- ISBN 0-932087-00-0, pg.279
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