Tired Miner

Details

Josef Herman, R.A. (1911-2000)
Tired Miner
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in. (40.8 x 51 cm.)
Painted in 1947.

Provenance

Dr Henry Roland, London, and by descent.

Literature

Art News and Review, 14 June 1952.
The Scotsman, 13 July 1952.
The Sunday Statesman, 24 February 1957, illustrated.
E. Mullins (ed.), Josef Herman: Paintings and Drawings, London, 1967, p. 13, pl. 2.
R. Shone, The Century of Change; British Painting since 1900, 1977, illustrated.
C. Andreae, 'Walking Monument to Labor', Christian Science Monitor, 30 August 1985, illustrated.
R. Heller, Josef Herman: The Work is the Life, London, 1998, p. 51.

Exhibited

Swansea, Arts Council, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Miners at Ystradgynlais: Paintings, Pastels and Drawings by Josef Herman, April 1948, no. 1.
London, Geffrye Museum, “Pictures of Mining Life” by Josef Herman, October 1949, catalogue not traced.
York, City Art Gallery, Henry Roland Collection, March 1950, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Hatton Gallery, April - May; Leicester, City Museum and Art Gallery, June - July; and Brighton, City Art Gallery, September.
Bristol, City Art Gallery, Exhibition of Contemporary British Painting: Festival of Britain, May - June 1951, no. 16.
London, Roland, Browse & Delbanco, Expressionist Painting, June 1952, no. 29.
London, Arts Council, Whitechapel Gallery, Looking Forward: an Exhibition of Realist Paintings by Contemporary British Artists, September - November 1952, catalogue not traced.
London, Geffrye Museum, Some Works by Henry Moore and Josef Herman, February 1954, catalogue not traced.
Wakefield, City Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by L.S. Lowry & Josef Herman; Pottery by Nehemiah Azaz, May - June 1955, no. 12, illustrated.
London, Whitechapel Gallery, Josef Herman: Paintings and Drawings 1940-56, March - April 1956, no. 12.
Delhi, All-India Fine Arts & Crafts Society, Third International Contemporary Art Exhibition, February 1957, no. 514, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Ahmedabad, March; Hyderabad, April; Calcutta, May; and Amritsar, June.
Wakefield, City Art Gallery, The Continental British School of Painting, January - February 1959, catalogue not traced; this exhibition travelled to Bradford, City Art Gallery, February - March 1959; and London, AIA Gallery, March - April 1959.
London, Hampstead Town Hall, Hampstead Artists, 1900-1960: Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May - June 1960, no. 52.
Bristol, Arnolfini Gallery, Josef Herman: Drawings: also Recent Paintings by Peter Swan, January 1961, no. 9.
Manchester, City Art Gallery, Modern Works from the Collection of Dr Henry M. Roland, June - August 1962: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, City Art Gallery, September - October.
Llanelly, Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, November 1962, no. 1.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Josef Herman, April 1963, no. 1.
Marlborough, Marlborough College, Josef Herman, June - July 1963, no. 1.
Penarth, Arts Council Welsh Committee, Turner House, The Welsh Industrial Scene, March - April 1964, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Merthyr Tydfil, Cyfartha Castle Museum and Art Gallery, June - July; and Milford Haven, Town Hall, July.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Industry and the Artist, February - March 1965, no. 12.
Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery, The Roland Collection, December 1965 - March 1966, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Farnham, Willmer House Museum, March - April.
London, Hampstead Art Centre, Survey ’66: Figurative Painters, April - May 1966, catalogue not traced.
London, Reading Museum & Art Gallery, Josef Herman: Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Dr Henry Roland 1911-2000, September - October 1967, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, African and New Guinea Sculpture from the Josef Herman Collection: Paintings and Drawings by Josef Herman, July - August 1969, no. 4.
Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Work, 1970, no. 170.
Falmer, Gardner Centre Gallery, University of Sussex, Josef Herman, March - April 1972, no. 1.
Cardiff, Chapter, Josef Herman, September 1972, no. 1.
Glasgow, Arts Council, City Art Gallery and Museum, Josef Herman Paintings and Drawings: Retrospective Exhibition, May - July 1975, no. 18: this exhibition travelled to Edinburgh, Scottish Arts Council Gallery, July - August; and Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, August - September.
Farnham, West Surrey College of Art and Design, Josef Herman: Drawings and Paintings and Negro Primitive Sculpture from his own Collection, January 1976, catalogue not traced.
Bury St. Edmunds, Art Gallery, The Roland Collection, May - June 1976, catalogue not traced.
London, Camden Arts Centre, The Roland Collection: Works from the Collection of Dr Henry Roland, September - October 1976, catalogue not traced.
Plymouth, City Art Gallery, The Roland Collection, December 1976 - January 1977, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Exeter, University of Exeter, January 1977; Rye, City Art Gallery, May 1977; and Rochdale, City Art Gallery, July 1978.
London, Arts Council, Courtauld Institute Galleries, Works from the Roland Collection, March - May 1979, catalogue not traced; Norwich, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, May - June; York, City Art Gallery, July - August; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, August - September; Milton Keynes, Central Milton Keynes, September - October; and Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, October - December.
London, Camden Arts Centre, Josef Herman: Retrospective Exhibition, January - March 1980, catalogue not traced.
Guildford, University of Surrey, Fifty Works by Josef Herman from the Roland Collection, May 1980, catalogue not traced.
Oxford, Ruskin School of Drawings and Fine Art, University of Oxford, October - November 1981, catalogue not traced.
Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, One Man’s Choice: Selected by Dr Henry Roland from his Own Collection and from Other Sources, April - May 1985, catalogue not traced.
Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Four Artists Explore Coalmining: Jack Crabtree, Nicholas Evans, Valerie Ganz, Josef Herman, August - September 1986, exhibition not numbered.
Wakefield, Elizabeth Exhibition Gallery, Down to Earth: Paintings and Drawings by Josef Herman, July - August 1988, no. 11.

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Lot Essay

Dr Henry Roland extended over 50,000 loans of works of art from his personal collection. The present work was one of his favourite pictures.

We are very grateful to the Roland family for their assistance in cataloguing the present work.

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