This exceptional piece is a masterfully executed, authentic original watercolor painting by renowned sporting artist Jean Herblet. Highly prized by collectors of canine and sporting art, the painting captures a quintessential hunting scene featuring a striking Black Labrador Retriever wearing a green collar, gently retrieving a detailed female mallard duck.
Herblet's superb technical ability is on full display here. The high-contrast rendering of the Labrador's glossy coat juxtaposes beautifully against the intricate, multi-colored plumage of the duck and the soft, atmospheric watercolor wash in the background.
Artist Biography: Jean Herblet (1893–1985)
Jean Herblet was the established sporting pseudonym of Arthur Boris O'Klein, a celebrated French artist and cartoonist born in Moscow to Alsatian parents. While O'Klein gained widespread commercial fame for his humorous, anthropomorphic "Naughty Dogs of Paris" cartoons, his true artistic passion lay in "la chasse" (the hunt) and traditional wilderness scenes.
To separate his serious, classical works from his commercial cartooning, he signed his masterfully detailed gun dog and wildlife watercolors under the name Jean Herblet . His anatomical accuracy and deep appreciation for sporting dogs made his works highly sought after throughout the mid-20th century, and they remain fixtures in prominent fine art collections and sporting galleries worldwide.
Dimensions:
LxH (Inches): 22x25
This exceptional piece is a masterfully executed, authentic original watercolor painting by renowned sporting artist Jean Herblet. Highly prized by collectors of canine and sporting art, the painting captures a quintessential hunting scene featuring a striking Black Labrador Retriever wearing a green collar, gently retrieving a detailed female mallard duck.
Herblet's superb technical ability is on full display here. The high-contrast rendering of the Labrador's glossy coat juxtaposes beautifully against the intricate, multi-colored plumage of the duck and the soft, atmospheric watercolor wash in the background.
Artist Biography: Jean Herblet (1893–1985)
Jean Herblet was the established sporting pseudonym of Arthur Boris O'Klein, a celebrated French artist and cartoonist born in Moscow to Alsatian parents. While O'Klein gained widespread commercial fame for his humorous, anthropomorphic "Naughty Dogs of Paris" cartoons, his true artistic passion lay in "la chasse" (the hunt) and traditional wilderness scenes.
To separate his serious, classical works from his commercial cartooning, he signed his masterfully detailed gun dog and wildlife watercolors under the name Jean Herblet . His anatomical accuracy and deep appreciation for sporting dogs made his works highly sought after throughout the mid-20th century, and they remain fixtures in prominent fine art collections and sporting galleries worldwide.
Dimensions:
LxH (Inches): 22x25
