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Albert Herbert (1925-2008) was an artist with a powerful and original poetic vision. For five decades he consistently painted surprising and dream-like images-these seemingly naïve yet sophisticated paintings were the result of his life-long journey exploring 'what lies beneath the surface of the mind'.

The exhibition Remembering Albert Herbert included paintings, works on paper and etchings. Some works from this memorial exhibition are shown in these pages, along with works selected from other past exhibitions. 

Links to the obituaries about the artist published in The Times, The Independent and The Guardian, can be found on the gallery News page in the May 2008 entry.

Illustrated catalogues of Albert Herbert's past exhibitions with the Gallery are still available (click on the Biography link below). Paintings and works on paper by Albert Herbert are available to purchase from the gallery: view a further selection here or contact us to arrange to view works.

God Speaks to Moses from the Burning Bush 1987
7 x 9 inches. AH275
Etching with overpainting

Moses Climbs the Mountain of God c 1987
6 x 8 inches. AH122
Etching

God Speaks to Moses from the Burning Bush c 1987
8 x 8.5 inches. AH258
Hand-coloured etching

The Burning Bush and Moses Climbs the Mountain of God
13 x 6 inches. AH261
Hand-coloured etching

Burning Bush 1988-97
15 x 8 inches. AH265
Hand-coloured etching

Eve in the Garden and Noah in the Ark 2005
15 x 6 inches. AH181
Hand-coloured etching
Private collection

Moses Ascends the Mountain of God c 1983
9 x 3 inches. AH248
Hand-coloured etching
Artist's proof

Noah and the Ark 1983
6 x 8 inches. AH253
Etching

God Speaks to Moses from a Cloud
8 x 10 inches. AH257
Hand-coloured etching
Private collection

Eve, Falling Tower of Babel and Noah in the Ark 1987
15.5 x 6.25 inches. AH98
Etching (first state) with watercolour

God Speaks to Moses from the Bush 1987
7 x 9 inches. AH259
Hand-coloured etching

Noah in the Ark and a Church
11 x 4 inches. AH260
Hand-coloured etching

Adam and Eve and the Tower of Babel c 1983
Plate size 8 x 3.5 inches. AH219
Hand-coloured etching

Animals Going into the Ark, Noah in the Ark and the Rainbow after the Deluge
14.75 x 4 inches. AH266
Hand-coloured etching

Crossing the Sea to the Promised Land 1983
3.5 x 8 inches. AH247
Hand-coloured etching

Untitled
8 x 6.5 inches. AH255
Hand-coloured etching

Underground Station 1982-84
7.75 x 8 inches. AH254
Hand-coloured etching
Artist's proof

Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery
8.5 x 8 inches. AH252
Hand-coloured etching 8.5 x 8 inches
Private collection

Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross 1982
8.25 x 7 inches. AH256
Etching

Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross and the National Gallery 1981
12.75 x 11.5 inches. AH264
Hand-coloured etching
First proof

Body, Soul and Ego 1981
9 x 9.5 inches. AH262
Etching
Edition 3/10

Untitled (Blue-Sky-Man) 1978
7.5 x 8.25 inches. AH263
Etching
Edition 4/20

Forever 1980
7.5 x 7 inches. AH250
Etching
Edition 4/10

Two and Four Makes Six 1978
8 x 7.5 inches. AH251
Etching
Edition 1/5