Auguste Herbin

The French painter Auguste Herbin (1882–1960) is recognized as a modernist revolutionary and one of the pioneers of abstraction in France. He starts out in the first years of the new century with late-Impressionist landscapes, still lifes, and portraits that already bespeak his penchant for luminous yet harmoniously handled colors; his palette grows wild in the Fauvist phase that follows and will remain so throughout his life. The exhibition surveys the major stages of Herbin’s career, presenting around forty outstanding works and extensive documentation.

Auguste Herbin, Réalité spirituelle, 1939, Bildrechte: Foto: Galerie Lahumière Paris, © VG