About Léo Herrmann
Lived 1853 – 1927 (aged 73–74). Léo Herrmann was a French painter.
Leo Herrmann (2 July 1853 – 1927) was a French anti-clerical painter.
Herrmann was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts, He entered the Parisian art scene in 1875 at the Paris Salon. Herrmann occasionally painted dandies or soldiers, but became a successful artist by creating works that depict cardinals wearing red cassocks in comical scenarios.
Some of his paintings have clerics feeding swans; others have cardinals themselves painting. Another has a cardinal drinking wine through a long straw. and L'incroyable.
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Who was Léo Herrmann?
French painter (1853–1927)
When was Léo Herrmann born?
Léo Herrmann was born on 2 July 1853 in Paris.
When did Léo Herrmann die?
Léo Herrmann died in 1927.
What was Léo Herrmann's occupation?
Léo Herrmann was a painter.
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Léo Herrmann was French.
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