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The Jewish shepherd

HERMAN, Josef

© Estate of Josef Herman/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Josef Herman described this work in a 1975 letter to Amgueddfa Cymru as one of his most important of the period. He painted it in Glasgow following his arrival from Poland, where he fled from Nazi persecution in the late 1930s. Given the unimaginable trauma being experienced by the Jewish population of Europe at the time the work was painted, its subject matter takes on enormous significance.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 1606

Creation/Production

HERMAN, Josef
Date: 1942

Acquisition

Purchase, 1979

Measurements

(): h(cm) primary support:51
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(): w(cm) primary support:63.8
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(): h(cm) secondary support:51.9
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) secondary support:64.2
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(): h(cm) frame:66.7
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) frame:79.6
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Techniques

gouache on paper
drawings
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper

Material

gouache

Location

In store
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  • Herman, Josef
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  • Judaism
  • Key Design Elements
  • Male Figure
  • Music
  • Musical Instrument
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  • Religion And Belief
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