As luminous as a flame'

Our Red Poppy still life from our new Josef Herman OBE RA (1911–2000) collection embodies the artist's experimentation with pastel. Immersing himself in the drawings of Degas, he developed a technique of underpainting the pastel in watercolour and gouache—such that 'I could get from pastel a red as luminous as a flame'.

Stock number JZ-264