Arthur Charles Henri Herzog (1862 - 1913), was a Swiss painter, best known for his Swiss landscapes and orientalist scenes.
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| Self portrait, 1905 |
In 1884, he joined a French scientific expedition to Algeria. He painted oriental subjects observed in Algeria which he sent to Neuchâtel, some of these paintings are preserved, but the large part of his work disappeared in a fire in the docks of Marseille on his return.
In 1897, he made a long trip to Egypt and brought back new
orientalist paintings. He left Switzerland again in 1900 to take up a teaching
position at the National Internado of Chile. He returned in 1905 and exhibited
again at the Friends of the Arts of Neuchâtel.
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