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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

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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Sketch of a miner’s family and dog; Gwyn Morris

Josef Herman
[1953–4]
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Sketch of a view of the village, Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
[1953–4]
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Sketch of a group of four miners

Josef Herman
[1951]
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Sketch of miners, page of studies

Josef Herman
[1951]
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Sketch of a study of miners for ‘South Wales’

Josef Herman
[c.1950]
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Study for ‘South Wales’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
[c.1951]
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Sketch of standing miner with hands in pockets

Josef Herman
date not known
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Sketch of a miner, composition from memory

Josef Herman
[1950]
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Sketch of three miners on the road home

Josef Herman
[1954–5]
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Sketch of a seated nude, Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
[1952–3]
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Sketch of people waiting for a film to start

Josef Herman
date not known
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Sketch of two miners squatting

Josef Herman
[1954–5]
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‘Women in the rain’ (Notes from a Welsh Diary)

Josef Herman
1949
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Sketch of two women with child in a pram

Josef Herman
date not known
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Sketch of the bridge, Ystradgynlais

Josef Herman
date not known
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Sketch of a reclining nude

Josef Herman
[1953–4]
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Sketch of a study of seated nude

Josef Herman
[1950]
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Sketch of a nude study, Gower Coast

Josef Herman
[1954]
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Sketch of a study of seated nude

Josef Herman
[1950]

Sketch of a nude seated on low stool

Josef Herman
date not known
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