Biography
James Herbert is an internationally known American painter and filmmaker. His work is known for its obsession with the nude figure in romantic and erotic figurations with an emphasis on the role of sexuality and scene context. Herbert was born in 1938 in Boston and grew up in Rhode Island. He began his informal art education as a teenager attending nude figure drawing classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. He earned his B.A. degree in art history from Dartmouth College in 1960 and his M.F.A. in painting in 1962 from the University of Colorado where he studied briefly with Clyfford Still and Stan Brakhage.
Known for
Career timeline
2007
Abandoned House
2002
La Presenza
1999
Speedy Boys
1997
Scars
1988
Automan
1985
Theater
1983
Carnival
1981
Pony
1980
Two Figures
1977
Silk
1975
Night Horses
1971
Maypops
1970
Porch Glider Notable
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