Adolf Eduard Herstein (1869–1932) was a painter and engraver. Born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, he worked and taught in France, Germany (where he was active in the

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movement) and his native Poland. His oil painting relied on the use of heavy

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and was in style closely related to

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. In Munich in 1894 he embarked upon an affair with Franziska, Gräfin (i.e. Countess) zu Reventlow (

Fanny zu Reventlow Countess Fanny "Franziska" zu Reventlow (''Fanny Liane Wilhelmine Sophie Auguste Adrienne'') 18 May 1871 – 26 July 1918) was a German writer, artist and translator, who became famous as the "Bohemian Countess" of Schwabing (an entertainment dist ...

). She was pregnant with Herstein's child when in 1895 she married the politician Walter Lübke. The pregnancy ended in a miscarriage. An engraving of his, called 'The Standard Bearer', is in the collection of the

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(MOMA), New York. There are two works from the years 1914-5 held by the

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, New York. In the years 1904–1911 he was the owner of a private school of painting in

. One of his pupils was Roman Kramsztyk. Herstein died in

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References

* Rolf Löchel
''Epiphanie einer Männerphantasie. Franziska Sperrs Roman-Biographie Franziska zu Reventlows''
at Literaturkritik.de * Emil Pottner: ''Adolf Eduard Herstein''. In: ''

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'', January 1913, cols. 23–30 1869 births 1932 deaths Artists from Warsaw 19th-century engravers 20th-century engravers Polish engravers 19th-century Polish painters 19th-century Polish male artists 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists Polish male painters {{engraver-stub