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The exhibition of the work of the Zagreb painter from a prominent Jewish family includes 340 pieces from all stages of Herman's life – from his earliest work made in Munich to his last painting made in 1974. Oskar Herman belongs to the so-called Munich circle of
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movement became widespread. His paintings show ever stronger expressiveness, with his main motive to depict man and his inner world. Herman's early watercolours show strong, brilliant colours out of which his own particular expressionist colourism developed. From 1925, his work also reflected an
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Herman was born on 17 March 1886 in Zagreb to
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