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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.

The Whale Brings Jonah Ashore 2004
12 x 14 inches. AH207
Mixed media on paper

Untitled
11 x 16.5 inches. AH272
Mixed media on paper

Ash Wednesday 2005
16 x 11.5 inches. AH189
Mixed media on paper
Private collection

Made for Joy and Woe 2006
11.5 x 8.5 inches. AH271
Mixed media on paper
Private collection

Untited (Divine-Joy-Woe)
11.5 x 11.5 inches. AH270
Mixed media on paper

Moses at the Burning Bush 2003-04
12.5 x 11 inches. AH197
Mixed media on paper

God Speaks to Moses from the Burning Bush 2001-05
11.5 x 14.5 inches. AH194
Mixed media on paper

Untitled 1997
10 x 12.5 inches. AH268
Mixed media on paper

Noah Prays Inside the Ark 2005
19.5 x 16 inches. AH202
Mixed media on paper

Mary Magdalene 2005
8.25 x 11.24 inches. AH186
Mixed media on paper

Noah Prays Inside the Ark 2005
14 x 12 inches. AH179
Mixed media on paper

Untitled
11.5 x 15 inches. AH273
Mixed media on paper

Untitled
8.25 x 6.5 inches. AH269
Mixed media on paper
Private collection

She Sees Her Shadow
9 x 11 inches. AH267
Pencil and watercolour on paper

Jonah and the Whale
11.5 x 15 inches. AH210
Mixed media on paper

Shaking a Fist at God 1994
11.75 x 6 inches. AH218
Mixed media and collage on paper
Private collection

Study for Christ Carrying the Cross c 1987
14 x 11 inches. AH142
Mixed media on card

Private collection