Joseph Paul Vorst  (1897 - 1947)

German-born Joseph Vorst came from Essen (born June 19, 1897). His teacher was the leading German impressionist Max Liebermann (1847-1935), who was the champion of French impressionism in Berlin. He had traveled to Barbizon and Paris to see paintings by Manet first hand, including In the Conservatory, which made its way to Berlin.  Later Vorst’s home town of Essen would acquire a collection of modern art in 1921, which became the Museum Folkwang, one of the earliest of its kind.(showing 500 of 4044 characters).