René Georges Hermann-paul (1864, Paris-1940). "nijinsky". Around 1912

Old wooden frame (wear from use), white mat. Frame dimensions: 65 x 55 cm. Drawing dimensions: 34 x 24 cm. Monogrammed HP.
René Georges Hermann Paul, known as Hermann-Paul, born in Paris on December 27, 1864, and died in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on June 23, 1940, is a French painter and illustrator. He apprenticed at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris and at the Académie Julian where he met the artists who would form the group of neo-impressionists and that of the "Nabis" of which he would be a member. Throughout his career, Hermann-Paul participated in numerous salons and exhibitions, both collective and private. In 1891, he was part of the organizing committee of the "Refusés" salon, initiated and chaired by Louis Anquetin, which would be held at the Palais des Arts Libéraux from May 29 to June 30. Associated until the end of the century with neo-impressionism and the Nabis, he participated in the Salon des Indépendants (between 1892 and 1894), the Salon de la Libre Esthétique in Brussels (1894, 1895, 1897, 1901) and the Salon de l'Art Nouveau by Samuel Bing (December 1895-January 1896). Works in Museums. Vaslav Nijinsky born in kyiv in 1889 and died in 1950 in London, is a Russian dancer and choreographer of Polish origin.