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The Jewish shepherd
HERMAN, Josef (1911-2000)
Josef Herman described this work in a 1975 letter to Amgueddfa Cymru as one of his most important of the period. He painted it in Glasgow following his arrival from Poland, where he fled from Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Given the unimaginable trauma being experienced by the Jewish population of Europe at the time the work was painted, its subject matter takes on enormous significance.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 1606
Creation/Production
HERMAN, Josef
Acquisition
Purchase, 1979
Measurements
h(cm) primary support:51
h(cm)
w(cm) primary support:63.8
w(cm)
h(cm) secondary support:51.9
h(cm)
w(cm) secondary support:64.2
w(cm)
h(cm) frame:66.7
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:79.6
w(cm)
Techniques
gouache on paper
drawings
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
gouache
Location
In store
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