Lot 78

Jaroslav Herbst (1887 - 1971) VEIL OF VERONICA

Featuring an accent of naïveté, this expressively painted Veronica represents one area in the work of self-taught painter Jaroslav Herbst. Born to a village family in Dušníky at the foot of Říp Mountain, Herbst studied mechanical and later structural engineering at the Technical University in Prague. He started to focus on painting in 1912 as a self-taught artist. After World War I he returned to his family farm permanently, running the farm and painting in total isolation from the art world. Exhibited at Galerie Dr. Feigl, Prague, March–April 1934.