Albert Herter

Albert Herter (1871, 1950) was an American painter and decorative artist known for his elegant figurative works, murals, and portraits influenced by Impressionism and the Arts and Crafts movement. He studied under prominent artists including William Merritt Chase and later trained in Paris, where he absorbed European academic and post-Impressionist styles. Herter is also celebrated for large-scale decorative commissions, including murals for the Los Angeles Union Station and the Wisconsin State Capitol.