Sali Herman

Born: 1898

Death: 1993

Biography:

Sali Herman (12 February 1898 – 3 April 1993) was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War. He arrived in Melbourne in 1937 and enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. In 1945, he was appointed an Official War Artist, painting at several places in the Pacific such as Rabaul. Herman submitted 26 paintings to the Australian War Memorial. Sali Herman was known for paintings of inner city streets and slums in Sydney. He won the Sulman Prize twice (in 1946 and 1948) and the Wynne Prize four times (in 1944, 1962, 1965, and 1967).