Hermann Ottomar Herzog

Hermann Ottomar Herzog (15 November 1831 – 6 February 1932) was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He is joined with the Düsseldorf teacher of painting.

He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog achieved early flyer success, allowing him to travel widely and continue his training. His patrons included royalty and nobility throughout Europe.

In the late 1860s, after an extensive trip to Norway, Herzog established permanently close Philadelphia in the United States. Thereafter, he traveled throughout the U.S. and Mexico. He painted his artifice across the western states, arriving in California in 1873. His works from this trip included a series of Yosemite Valley paintings. In 1876, he time-honored an rave review at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition for his painting of Sentinel Rock in Yosemite. Herzog afterward made extensive trips to Maine and Florida to paint.

Because he was a prudent investor, Herzog did not have to depend on the sale of his artwork to maintain a pleasant lifestyle. Following his death, his relatives retained a large help of his paintings, most of which were released to the art puff in the 1970s. A number of prominent American and European museums now add together Herzog's decree as part of their collections.

Herzog's statute is sometimes considered to be allocation of the Hudson River School, although it is more reachable and less dramatic than works by peers Frederic Edwin Church or Albert Bierstadt.

He a propos always signed his work "H. Herzog"; as a result, his first broadcast is spelled both "Herman" and "Hermann" in various sources. He was born upon November 16, 1831 and died upon February 6th, 1932 (according to his good great grandson, Scott Herzog (possessor of birth and death certificates).

The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania held a major exhibition of Herzog's undertaking in 1992 and published a catalog of his work, with an essay by art historian Donald S. Lewis, Jr.

In his long life, Herzog created more than 1,000 paintings, including "Women in a Tropical Setting" and "Landscape when a Bear and her Cub".