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 ] *** I think I saw this large painting/mural the first time I stepped into the Gare de l'Est. Saw it se...