Franz herbelot artist biography
Franz Herbelot's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork..
Who is the artist painter Herbelot?
Artist of numbered and signed watercolors depicting Paris France.
A street painter famous for Parisian scenes.
My mother bought several of his-her paintings - probably in the 60's.?
HERBELOT
The street painter/artist famous for Parisian street scenes. Herbelot was only a pseudonym his real name is somewhat unknown.
Herbelot was active in Paris around the period from to
Herbelot first made rough on site street sketches these were unsigned and bear only the location name.
These sketches were later reproduced in his studio ready for litho reproduction prints. it is the lithograph prints and the oleo prints (line drawings with the colours added later) which bear his "Herbelot" identity and issue numbers.
The originals of which there would be two, firstly the street sketch and subsequently the Lithograph master for reproduction with the added identity.
The original water colour street sketches are the most inspiring as they have hidden depth that is lost when the sketches are finalised