Lee F Hersch Original Vintage American Taos New Mexico Modern Post Impressionist Gypsies Desert Landscape Southwest Art Oil Painting
Original vintage painting of a caravan of Latin American travelers in the Taos, New Mexico desert, by Lee Hersch.
Lee Hersch studied painting with Henry Keller, Kenyon Cox and Douglas Volk at the Cleveland School of Art and the National Academy of Design. His subject matter was varied. In 1918, in Taos, New Mexico, he painted scenes with Indians of the Taos Pueblo. In 1921 he married novelist Helen Virginia Davis (1896-1978). The couple met and married in Paris and for several years thereafter their studio on the Left Bank was a popular gathering-place for painters, writers, and other intellectuals.
In 1925, Lee Hersch held a solo exhibit at the Montross Gallery in New York. In the 1930s, he was painting mainly landscapes, dividing his time between California and New York.
After the second world war, his work became more abstract, and he joined the ranks of New York’s influential abstract expressionists, an art movement that rivaled or echoed what was happening in the Parisian art world. Hersch was given a one-man show by Peggy Guggenheim in her gallery in New York, which became well-known for shows of abstract expressionism, by artists such as Jackson Pollock, William Baziotes and Hans Hofmann.
Relatively little is known about some parts of the life of Lee F. Hersch, but his works include a “super modernist impressionist painting” of Mexico’s Lake Chapala, described by the Bruce Palmer Galleries as having “great color and energy, and in fine condition”. It is thought to have been painted relatively early in his career, circa 1930.
Lee Hersch was a member of the Painters and Sculptors of Los Angeles and the Woodstock Art Association. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Salons of America. A retrospective of his work, with accompanying catalog, was held in Paris in 1954.
Lee F Hersch
(1896-1953)
Taos
Caravan, camping in the desert
Age estimated at approximately 1940-1945
Painting measures approximately 24.2" X 30.2", plus frame
In frame, total measurements are approximately 34.75" X 28.75"
Hand-signed lower left corner. Hand signed in red, on reverse.
Painting is in excellent original condition, with no overpaints or restorations performed; and is housed in original vintage frame. Frame has some chips, most notable, the larger chip on the lower lefthand corner. The frame also appears to have been painted gold, over the years. Please review images.
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