About Auguste Herst
Lived 1825 – 1900 (aged 74). Auguste Herst was a French painter, landscape painter, animal painter, illustrator and draftsperson.
Auguste Clément Joseph Herst (18 August 1825, Rocroi - 10 August 1900, Nice) was a French watercolour and oil painter who exhibited at the Salon of 1861 and at later exhibitions. Between ca. 1840 and 1860 he lived in Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Landscape paintings included Boulogne-sur-Mer, Marseilles, La Grande Chartreuse (near Grenoble), Fontainebleau, Savoy and Normandy. He was one of the teachers in Paris of Armand Point. He was last cited in 1888.
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Who was Auguste Herst?
French painter (1825–1900)
When was Auguste Herst born?
Auguste Herst was born on 18 August 1825 in Rocroi.
When did Auguste Herst die?
Auguste Herst died on 10 August 1900 in Nice.
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Auguste Herst was a painter, landscape painter, animal painter, illustrator and draftsperson.
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Auguste Herst was French.
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