Biography of Herman HEIMLICH

Herman Heimlich was born in Hungary in 1904. he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. After completion of his studies he was given the position of art instructor at the Academy.

Upon leaving Budapest, Heimlich traveled extensively through Europe, the United States and Canada, where he both painted and exhibited.

In 1930, he came to Canada and settled in Montreal where he established a Fine Arts School through which he was instrumental in fostering and developing Canadian talent. He was also a Faculty member of the Department of Fine Arts at the Saidye Bronfman Art Center.

 Heimlich has illustrated children’s books and painted murals for public and private buildings in Canada and the United States.

In 1951, the artist received First Prize for painting “Les Amis de l’Art” and First Prize in 1930, by the Exhibition Association of the City of St. John, N.B.

 He was first and foremost a figurative artist who found his challenges in mastering line and colour within a traditional framework.

 Master of colour, he used it with uncommon vigor and expression.

 His pastel and charcoal drawings demonstrated the economy of line which so many pursue and so few capture.

 A prolific worker, Heimlich left a rich legacy of works in oil, watercolour, pastel and charcoal.