Rene Georges Hermann-Paul
1864-1940

Hermann-Paul was born in Paris and studied at l’École des Arts Décoratifs and the Académie Julian. He studied under Henri Lerolle and Gustave Colin and came to be known as a painter, printmaker, prolific illustrator and draftsmen. His illustrations maintained a politically satirical nature while his paintings were greatly influenced by Cézanne.

Positions Hermann-Paul held include professor at l’École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and an elected membership to the Salon d’Automne. He exhibited with Bonnard, Vuillard and Denis.
Two well-known albums of black and white lithographs were published in in 1894 and 1895; La Vie de Monsieur Quelconque and La Vie de Madame Quelconque, among others. Hermann-Paul also belonged to a group of French artists who utilized a combination of traditional printmaking methods with new photomechanical relief-printed images which allowed for substantial distribution of their work. This group included Toulouse-Lautrec, Vuillard, Bonnard and Vallotton.

Several leading Paris journals supported Hermann-Paul’s illustrations including L’Assiette au beurre, Le Canard Sauvage, Candide, Le Courrier Européen, Le Courier Français, Les droits de l’Homme, L’ Escarmouche, L’Homme Libre, La Vie Parisienne, Le Rire, Le Figaro, and a number of others. Among the books he illustrated were works by Gabriele d’Annunzio, Émile Zola, François Villon, Gustave Flaubert, and Rabelais.

Fletcher Copenhaver Fine Art of Fredericksburg, Virginia currently represent Hermann-Paul and have provided this biographical information on their website www.fc-fineart.com.