ERNEST-MARIE HERSCHER (1870-1939) Paved alley with trees and a walker Pastel Signed lower left: E. Herscher Height 47 cm - Width 30 cm Provenance: acquired in 1993 The son of a civil engineer, Ernest Marie Herscher began his studies at the Ecole spéciale d'architecture at the age of twenty. He went on to work for Gaston Trélat, Honoré Daumet, Charles Girault and Jean Louis Pascal. In 1911, he designed one of Paris's most beautiful buildings, 39 rue Scheffer. A jack-of-all-trades, he was then able to enter the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts and became interested in drawing, engraving, tapestry and architecture. Finally, he was a member of the "Nouveau Paris" group, and took an interest in "Old Paris", which he represented in his engravings.