Adolf Eduard Herstein (1869–1932) was a painter and engraver.

Early life and career

Born in

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, he worked and taught in France, Germany (where he was active in the

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movement) and his native Poland. His oil painting relied on the use of heavy

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and was in style closely related to

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Personal life

In Munich in 1894 he embarked upon an affair with Franziska, Gräfin (i.e., Countess) zu Reventlow (

Fanny zu Reventlow Countess Fanny "Franziska" zu Reventlow (''Fanny Liane Wilhelmine Sophie Auguste Adrienne'') 18 May 1871 – 26 July 1918) was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" of Schwabing (an entertainment dis ...

). She was pregnant with Herstein's child when in 1895 she married the politician Walter Lübke. The pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.

Works

An engraving of his called 'The Standard Bearer', is in the

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(MOMA), New York collection. There are two works from the years 1914- 1915 held by the

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, New York. In the years 1904–1911 he was the owner of a private school of painting in

. One of his pupils was Roman Kramsztyk.

Death

Herstein died in

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References

* Rolf Löchel
''Epiphanie einer Männerphantasie. Franziska Sperrs Roman-Biographie Franziska zu Reventlows''
at Literaturkritik.de * Emil Pottner: ''Adolf Eduard Herstein''. In: ''

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'', January 1913, cols. 23–30 1869 births 1932 deaths Artists from Warsaw 19th-century engravers 20th-century Polish engravers 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Polish male painters Expatriates from the Russian Empire Expatriates in the German Empire {{engraver-stub