Paul Herrmann (French 1864-1940) � Fandango � Etching, ca. 1918, 8 � x 10 �, ed. of only 12, signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This piece is in excellent condition.

$600.00

From the Artist�s website:

Ren� Georges Hermann-Paul was an artist of considerable scope who rose to fame during the Belle �poque. He is notable for satiric characterizations of the foibles of French society. Parisians got to know him as a stalwart defender of Alfred Dreyfus during the trail in which the captain was wrongly accused of treason.

Ren� Georges Hermann-Paul was born in Paris on December 27, 1864. He was the son of a wealthy doctor whose family origins were in the South of France. His father charted a course for the boy through science and into the medical profession. For a time Ren� indulged his father's wishes but science class is no place for a young man with artistic aspirations.

In the early 1890s, Hermann-Paul found himself in a circle of artists that included Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Their influence on his work is evident in the pieces that he produced at that time.