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  • One hundred and fifty nine drawings and watercolours by Josef Herman

One hundred and fifty nine drawings and watercolours by Josef Herman

1944–55

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Available online is a collection of drawings and watercolours by Herman. They are mostly of the people and streets of Ystradgynlais dating from 1944-1955. The collection also includes drawings made on a tour of France and Italy in 1948, and studies for major works like 'South Wales' 1951, 'Three Miners' 1953 and 'In Homage for the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto' 1945.

See also TGA 201217, a selection of digitised items from the personal papers of Josef Herman.

Collection Owner
Josef Herman 1911–2000
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented to the Archive by Josef Herman, March 1983.
Reference
TGA 835

159 objects in this collection

  • One hundred and fifty nine drawings and watercolours by Josef Herman

    159 Objects

Title
One hundred and fifty nine drawings and watercolours by Josef Herman
Date
1944–55
Description
Available online is a collection of drawings and watercolours by Herman. They are mostly of the people and streets of Ystradgynlais dating from 1944-1955. The collection also includes drawings made on a tour of France and Italy in 1948, and studies for major works like 'South Wales' 1951, 'Three Miners' 1953 and 'In Homage for the uprising of the Warsaw Ghetto' 1945.

See also TGA 201217, a selection of digitised items from the personal papers of Josef Herman.
Reference
TGA 835

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‘Two Young Miners’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
1945
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Sketch of a miner with a pickaxe underground

Josef Herman
[1945]
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‘Family Group’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
1946
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‘Street scene’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
1954
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Sketch of a bus

Josef Herman
[c.1944–54]
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Sketch of a seated miner

Josef Herman
[1948]
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Sketch of the bridge at Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
[1949]
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Sketch of the canal in Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
[1954]
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Sketch of the canal in Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
[c.1947–8]
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Sketch of three figures with children

Josef Herman
[1947]
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Sketch of miners

Josef Herman
[c.1947–8]
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Sketch of three miners waiting for lift

Josef Herman
[1946]
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Sketch of a kneeling miner

Josef Herman
[1951]
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‘Group of Miners’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
1953
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Sketch of ‘Scrubbing the floor’

Josef Herman
[c.1950]
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Sketch of miners

Josef Herman
[1951]
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Sketch of miners

Josef Herman
[1951]
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Sketch of miners in movement

Josef Herman
[1947–8]
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Sketch for Peace Group for South Wales (unexecuted)

Josef Herman
[1951]
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Sketch of three miners seated on the surface

Josef Herman
[1951]
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