Bruno Héroux
German painter (1868-1944)
Louis Carl Bruno Héroux (20 December 1868 – 14 February 1944) was a German painter, graphic and typography and exlibris artist.
Life
Héroux came from a Huguenot family on his father's side family. He was born in Leipzig as the son of the engraver Louis Héroux and his wife Minna, née Zimmermann. He received his artistic training from 1886 to 1892 at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, where he devoted himself in particular to the study of xylography. The invention of the raster cliché rendered his original wish to work as a wood engraver futile. After a temporary job in the commercial sector, he first earned his living as an illustrator for fashion magazines and humorous magazines.
From 1900, he worked as a freelance graphic artist and was already represented with three works at the International art exhibitions in Dresden the following year. In particular, his etched nude ex libris and the use of the special graphic form of Remarquendrucke contributed to his popularity and reputation. As early as 1903, he was appointed as a teacher at the Royal Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig. In 1908, he was awarded the title professor.
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