The Art of Herb Kornfeld
Herb Kornfeld (b. 1915), born in Great Falls, MT and trained in
Los Angeles at the Chouinard School of Art with Palmer Schoppe, is as colorful
as the pictures he paints. A seasoned traveler, Kornfeld has journeyed to
China, Sweden, France, Greece, England, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the
United States, painting in remote as well as accessible villages and cities.
For months on end, he settles into a community to extract its spirit and
flavor. (left: 40 Acres and a Mule and Now the Darned Mule's Missing
(Barns and Boats Series), oil on canvas, 24 x 39 inches)
These
sojourns have included a trip to England, following the Thames River From
its mouth to its source and months spent traveling with a well-known 
circus
in Canada to capture on his canvases the highs and lows of circus life.
The California coast has been an ongoing passion for Kornfeld which he has
painted extensively over the years. "Just when I think I have painted
every inch of the California coast, I find some exciting inch I've missed,"
states Kornfeld. (left: Baled Gold (Barns and Boats Series),
oil on canvas, 24 x 42 inches; right: The Tide Pool (California Shores
Series), oil on panel, 13 x 33 1/4 inches)
Herb Kornfeld's home base and studio are in Hollywood,
California. His paintings, mostly created 
outdoors on location, can be found in private and
public collections throughout the world. He has exhibited at the Long Beach
Museum of Art, The Downey Museum of Art, The U. S. Navy Museum, Charles
M. Russell Museum, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and The American Academy
of Arts. (right: Fords Farm, England (Thames Series), oil
on canvas, 28 x 32 inches)
Text and Images courtesy of Jerome Adamson, Jr. Jerome Adamson is a Beverly
Hills, CA dealer in 19th and 20th Century American and European art of investment
quality, with a focus on genre paintings and important works by historical
Plein-Air and Modernist California artists. Mr. Adamson's phone number is
323-653-1015
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Herb Kornfeld (b. 1915), born in Great Falls, MT and trained in
Los Angeles at the Chouinard School of Art with Palmer Schoppe, is as colorful
as the pictures he paints. A seasoned traveler, Kornfeld has journeyed to
China, Sweden, France, Greece, England, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the
United States, painting in remote as well as accessible villages and cities.
For months on end, he settles into a community to extract its spirit and
flavor. (left: 40 Acres and a Mule and Now the Darned Mule's Missing
(Barns and Boats Series), oil on canvas, 24 x 39 inches)
