Painting of Florida by

Herman Herzog recently

purchased for a world record

price by Edward and

Deborah Pollack

Herman Herzog 1831-1932:

A Brief Biography

Hermann Herzog was born in the free republic of Bremen in 1831. He studied at the Düsseldorf school with  Andreas Achenbach, J.W. Schirmer, and later with the Norweigian artist, Hans Gude. Herzog  painted in Germany, Norway, Italy, Switzerland and Holland before coming to the United States in 1869.  By that time Herzog had established a reputation as a fine artist, his patrons including Queen Victoria and Grand Duke Alexander of Russia.

Although he settled in Pennsylvania, he traveled and painted throughout the Northeast, Florida, Maine California, and Mexico, and painted primarily landscapes wherever he went.

His works were exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1863 -1869, and in 1876 he exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, as well as at other American venues of the 19th century where he was well received by the newspapers of the day.

Herzog's estate included one thousand paintings for which there is a numerical list. He died in 1932 at the age of 100.

Hermann Herzog, who was still painting at the age of 100. Photo from the Philadelphia Record, 1931

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