Oskar Herman
Oskar Herman was a Croatian Jewish painter. He was one of the group of Croatian artists known as the Munich Circle, who had a strong influence on modern art in Croatia.
Herman was born onMarch 1886 in Zagreb to Croatian Jewish family of Danijel and Jozefina Herman. His father died when he wasyears old. He initially attended business school in Zagreb, although his interest was in drawing and painting. He studied art at the painting school of K. Filip in Zagreb. Then he moved to Munich where in 1904, like his compatriot Josip Rai, he attended the school of the Slovene painter and teacher Anton Abe. In 1905 he enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied until 1910 under teachers such as Hugo von Habermann. At that time Munich was a center of European art scene for Realism, PostImpressionism, Symbolism and Jugendstil.
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