Frank Simon Herrmann (1866-1942)
 
Impressionist Nocturnal Landscape
 
This beautiful watercolor on paper measures 11" x 13" out in the hold frame dimensions of 18" x 21" of a nocturnal landscape is signed letter right, F.S. Herrmann.  The watercolor is in very good condition with no defects and I'd a quintessential example of Herrmann's art.
 
Biography:
Frank Simon Herrmann was a life-long friend of Alfred Stieglitz, with whom he attended NYC schools and college. In the 1890s, they traveled together and worked closely in Paris, Munich, and Katwyk (Holland). In Paris, Herrmann began as a highly refined academic realist under Bouguereau. In 1895, he settled in Munich and lived there for the next 24 years. From about 1895-1910, Herrmann earned a reputation in Germany for his Impressionist landscapes and was called "the tulip field painter" much like another expatriate, George Hitchcock. Herrmann was well known for the weekly meetings at his mansion which attracted many of the young German expressionists and intellectuals. 
 
In 1911, he and his close friend Paul Klee were founding members of the Munich secessionist group, "SEMA." In 1913, they were charter members of Kandinsky's "New Secession" group. This period saw Herrmann turn to lyric abstraction in the post-Impressionist vein, painting largely in gouache. He was one of the few Americans living in Munich throughout World War I, but returned to New York in 1919, settling in his father"s mansion in Elberon, NJ.