Year: 1907
Description: A pergola in a sunny Mediterranean landscape. Oil on canvas
Provenance: Private collection
Year: 1908
Description: And they're off yet again. Their aging bodies rely on the railroad to follow work from town to town. Hermann-Paul relies on water color, ink and charcoal to bring this scene to life.
The date of this work is an approximation based on its style, subject manner and the collection from which it was sold. Any information to help us refine that date would be appreciated.
Provenance: Collection Victor Hugo
Year: 1908
Description: During the period of industrialization, people migrated from rural villages to large cities in search of work. In this work, The Old Village, a solitary figure walks through a deserted square. She is hunched are wears traditional 19th century attire.
Provenance: Collection Victor Hugo
Year: 1909
Description: Watercolor with ink and gouache. The piece is titled, "French Inspiration" in pencil at the bottom. This work is from the October 2000 in Chartres. Its date was estimated based on similarity to other work from the period. More research is needed.
Provenance: L'Estampe Originale
Year: 1920
Description: Hermann-Paul turned fifty-six in 1920. He had seen the Germans halted at the gates of Paris. And stood in line for food while the country was torn asunder. When the stress of war subsided, Hermann-Paul was an old man. His hair was gray and he needed glasses to see the canvas. Life was normal in 1920 and peace would last for twenty years. But he would not survive a second war. Hermann-Paul died in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer two days before the capitulation.
Provenance: Private Collection
Year: 1923
Description: Oil on canvas. This is piece probably dates to the early 1920s. They are out after dinner. The women wear sleeveless dresses and one has bobbed her hair.
Provenance: Commercial gallery, circa 1920
Year: 1924
Description: Oil on canvas. After the Great War, Hermann-Paul began to spend a great deal of time in the Carmague where he depicted life among the gypsies and the bulls.
Provenance: Commercial gallery, circa 1920
Year: 1924
Description: Oil on canvas. A gypsy woman with child.
Provenance: Commercial gallery, circa 1920
Year: 1925
Description: Oil on canvas. She is a New Woman in a privileged class. Her hair is bobbed and her neckline low. Yet her finery indicates she might not have the independence of the women she emulates.
Provenance: Private collection
