Albert Herter (1871 - 1950)
Albert Herter (1871–1950) was an artist and painter. He was born in New York, New York, and studied in Paris and then in New York's Art Students League. He had come from an artistic family; before Albert was born, his father, Christian Herter, and his father's half-brother Gustave formed Herter Brothers, a prominent New York interior design and furnishings firm.
Albert Herter's paintings include Young Girl, Garden of the Hesperides, and Still Life with Flowering Dogwood and Japanese Figurines; he was commissioned to execute many portrait paintings and he created a number of civic and private murals. He married fellow artist Adele McGinnis. Their son Christian Herter became a politician, serving as governor of Massachusetts and later as Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Herter]
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I think I saw this large painting/mural the first time I stepped into the Gare de l'Est. Saw it several times more (we went through the train station many times; I breakfasted there three days in a row). Only now do I know the painter was an American.
Albert Herter's paintings include Young Girl, Garden of the Hesperides, and Still Life with Flowering Dogwood and Japanese Figurines; he was commissioned to execute many portrait paintings and he created a number of civic and private murals. He married fellow artist Adele McGinnis. Their son Christian Herter became a politician, serving as governor of Massachusetts and later as Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Herter]
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I think I saw this large painting/mural the first time I stepped into the Gare de l'Est. Saw it several times more (we went through the train station many times; I breakfasted there three days in a row). Only now do I know the painter was an American.
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