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Auguste Herbin (Quievy, April 29, 1882 - Paris, January 30, 1960) was a French painter. His background is reflected in this northern French artist's painting with its rational approach and explicit working class character. Before settling in Paris, where he first joined the Impressionists and later the Fauves, Herbin attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lille from 1900 onwards. His studio was situated directly next to Braque's and Picasso's, allowing a close study of Cubism, which resulted in first Cubist paintings in 1913. In 1917 he moved on to an abstract, geometric phase before gradually discovering Constructivism.
[Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg - Oil on canvas, 81 x 55 cm]