'Canal du midi jaune', oil on canvas, 110 cm x 99.5 cm, monogrammed, verso titled.
Uwe Herbst was born in Cologne in 1952, but today the artist lives and works in Germany and France, where he emigrated as a child. He learned his artistic skills as an autodidact by looking at and studying the works of great masters such as Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). He followed their style until he developed his own creative formations through the choice of form and colour, as well as ductus, and continues to refine them to this day. ''Uwe Herbst's oil paintings live from the imposing interplay of light and shadow'', the midday sun shines on the small canal and makes the magnificent deciduous trees glow in rich yellow.
