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Michael, have it evaluated, that's my best bet.

I'm getting really curious about this guy, if you want to, send a picture of the painting, I'd love to see it.

Good luck in finding out more.

Hello Michael, thank you for the info. If the artist was the wife of the pair, no wonder there's been confusion. I suppose that people took it for granted that when he sold the work he also was the creator of it. Seems reasonable the couple were established in the 70s, no longer needing to knock on doors to sell art.

J could be Judith, but I do not know.

Intriguing story. There could also be *another* J Herczfeld, a male. The last name isn't uncommon, and it was still part of a good education to be taught art, in Europe, before WW2. Hungary was part of the Central European culture sphere.

If anybody else has any idea about the artist(s) J. Herczfeld, do post here.

Thanks for your post. My mother, Shirley D. Tanner, died in 2011 at age 76. She and I both worked at Golden City Hoisery Mill in Villa Rica, Georgia. In the early 1970's she was the office manager. Our silk screens are from the original striking and signed as yours are. She was told by the salesman that his wife was from Western Europe and our pictures are of buildings from that region. The first name of the painter is still unknown to me as it was to my mother. I got the impression that the salesman's wife taught at college level, but I am not sure. Thanks again, Mike.

I finally decided to see if this person, who gave me an etching sometime in the early 80s really existed and if he was a know artist.

I remember he came into my office when I used to work in Laredo, Texas. He was a salesman, but I do not remember what he sold. In parting he gave me this beautiful pencil etching of a city scene with people walking around, probably a European city somewhere. There are automobiles in the drawing that seem to be from the 20s and 30s. I always felt it is a magnificent work of art and we framed it. It now sits at the entrance to our library.

Until I tried to look him up in the web, I had no idea who he was, but the experience Michael Tanner wrote above is almost identical to my experience with this person. It is a silk screen etching written original on the bottom left side and J. Herczfeld on the bottom right side in pencil. Amazing!

I also have 2 etchings from this artist, wasn't sure if his or her name started with a T or a J , but the last name is spelled Herezfeld on silk . A good friend of mine had given to me last year. She said ,she had worked housekeeping in a motel in Dalton Georgia, he was staying there and before he left he gave her these 2 etchings ,he also said he was a salesman.

I was given an Orig. Etching of J. Herczfeld by my Brother-in-laws Mom. It looks like a courtyard with 2 buildings with a fence and bushes surrounded by a cobblestone walkway. There is also an etching of a man in a suit on the bottom right where his name was written.
It's a nice etching but would like to get more info on it, if available.

I just listed a Botanical Painting on Silk Signed J. Herczfeld that I acquired at an auction in North Carolina.

I purchased a similar painting at an estate sale yesterday in Lafayette, LA. The estate belonged to a family that owned a clothing store in the area. This was a successful business from the late 1800's to the late 1900's.

I have a painting by j herczfeld I was told it was by a woman that had need in a prison camp

More information,
My father, William Igoe was office manager and then treasurer of Cates Pickle Co in Faison , NC
He was given artwork over a period of years by I or J Herczfeld. We have two silk etchings and two oil painting s. A salesman that regularly came to the office gave them to my father.
The story my family remember s is that Mr Herczfeld's wife painted them. Their son was killed in the Hungarian uprising and her artwork was her grief therepy. He told my father that she painted and painted.
The oils were framed and the silk etchings were not framed at the time he presented them to my father.
We have valued the artwork, particularly the silk etchings of Beethoven's birthplace and a scene of Beethoven's hometown with two bars of musical notation at the bottom.

I also have 3 etchings on silk I received from a salesman who sold office supplies. He said they were done by his wife and she had some of her works in the Louvre. I was a Manager in a lingerie factory in Vidalia, GA in the mid 70's at the time. On the back of one picture is a fragment of paper with L or J Herczfeld with an illegible street number and Judge St. Elmhurst New York, NY 11373. Largest picture is of Paris (Eifel Tower in background with people walking near a river dressed in attire from 40's or 50's.) Other 2 are very detailed European scenes of 17th or 18th century street scenes. Maybe we are getting closer to figuring who she was.

Several years ago, a family friend of my mom was trying to find a home for a collection of art she'd collected over the years. The story was that her husband had worked with a gentleman and his wife was a Holocaust survivor and painter. Since the men considered one another friends, they gifted quite a few pieces to my mother's friend and her husband. We purchased these items due to my personal interest in the story and how beautiful they are. I had packed them away and just recently came upon them during a move. I intend to have them professionally framed and hung in my house. I just happened to plug in the name in google and found this thread. How absolutely fascinating that this person's art seems to be all around the US! I am in Eastern NC. I have about 8 pieces and some of them have handwritten descriptions and dates on the back. I also have the envelope they were sent in. The name there is I Herczfeld while my art pieces seemed to be signed J Herczfeld. An Elmhurst NY return address.

If anyone has found any additional information about this couple or would be interested in discussing these pieces of art, please contact me!

I have read all the posted blogs most of which say their art works are of European street scenes.. i did notice one party had a painting of waterfalls. In the 1960's , I bought an original, oil painting , a floral, by the artist in question and signed the same…..J Herzcfeld. (This was purchased in Houston, Texas at an upscale furnishings resale which specialized in very fine furnishings—-much of which was from Europe). The floral is quite vibrant and strong——beautiful. There was no background information available about the artist. But, I did not try to ferret out info nor ask to contact the prior owner/seller. I just loved the painting which is still with me and which one of my children will enjoy. What a mystery. Solvable??