Fernand Herbo (1905-1995): The End Of The Oise At Conflans

Fernand HERBO (1905-1995) The end of the Oise at Conflans Gouache on paper Dimensions of the work: 49 x 63 cm Signed lower left Gouache in perfect state of conservation Framing with traces of wear FREE Dimensions with frame: 67 x 80 cm Work sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity. Fast and careful shipping with insurance. Fernand HERBO (1905-1995) Official Painter of the Navy In his youth in Montmartre, Fernand Herbo created posters, theater and cinema sets, and worked in particular with the painters Maurice de Vlaminck and Othon Friesz. In 1938, Herbo left Paris and settled permanently in Honfleur. His work, powerful and imbued with dark colors, dedicated to the sea, boats and ports, earned him the appointment of painter of the French National Navy in 1944. It is from this date that his signature the traditional anchor of the Marine Painters. In 1945, the State acquired his work Le quai de Jemmapes (1942), and assigned it to the national museum of modern art at the Center Georges-Pompidou. At the beginning of the 1950s, Fernand Herbo met the French gallerist and poet Katia Granoff who exhibited it in her new gallery in Honfleur. Katia Granoff, a great discoverer of talents (she exhibited and revealed among others Marc Chagall and Othon Friesz, and encouraged the rediscovery of the series Les Nymphéas by Claude Monet) thus introduced the School of the Estuaire de la Seine, including Fernand Herbo is one of the representatives. Fernand Herbo opened the Bar des Artistes in Honfleur with his wife Micheline in 1952 (now the Bistrot des Artistes), the ceiling of which was entirely decorated by Herbo and above which his workshop is located. The Artists' Bar then became a meeting place for painters from Honfleur. We owe Fernand Herbo more than 1,000 works, mainly oil paintings and watercolors. A privileged setting for his painting, the town of Honfleur paid tribute to him by naming one of its quays after him. Died in 1995, several of his works are exhibited at the Eugène-Boudin Museum in Honfleur, where a room bears his name. The town of Honfleur gave its name to a quay in the town. The Eugène-Boudin Museum in Honfleur preserves 23 paintings by Fernand Herbo.