Herbst Thomas (Hamburg 1848 - Hamburg 1915) Busy winterly Village Street Oil/canvas, 73 x 54 cm, lo. ri. T. Herbst, relined. - Important North German impressionist, studied at the Frankfurt, Berlin a. Weimar Academies, study trips to Munich, the Netherlands a. Paris, where he shared a studio with Liebermann, contact with the Leibl circle, co-founder of the Hamburgischer Künstlerclub, acquainted with Munch. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum), Berlin (Nat.-Gal.), Kiel, Oldenburg, Husum. - Lit.: Boetticher, Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Meyer-Tönnesmann a. others.