Switzerland, Australia - 12 Feb 1898 - 03 Apr 1993
Born in Switzerland in 1898, Sali Herman arrived in Melbourne in 1937, well versed in contemporary art practices of the era, having viewed modern paintings in Switzerland and France. Forthright and articulate with ideas about painting, he strove to make a contribution to the modern movement in Australian art.
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| Herman painted old Sydney, then slums, with sympathy, a fresh eye and a lively mind. "To anybody used to pictures of gum trees and the harbour,' he said, "My slum pictures were startling. But I painted houses because houses are part of people and people are part of houses." |
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| Flower Piece 1949 |
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A woman in the doorway, 1949 |
