“White Blossoms in Textured Vase” — Impasto Acrylic Floral by Jack Herland | Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art

This elegant impasto acrylic by Jack Herland (1919–2005) features a sculptural vase with luminous white blossoms rising in rhythmic arcs. Created with Herland’s signature fusion of textured acrylic, fine linework, and Asian-inspired brush technique, the artwork offers a soft modernist aesthetic ideal for collectors of mid-century floral art, New York modernism, and decorative fine art.

DETAILED ARTWORK DESCRIPTION

Jack Herland (1919–2005)
Untitled Floral in Textured Vase — Impasto Acrylic on Paper
Approx. 26 x 20 inches | Signed lower right “Herland”
Acquired NYC | Ex–Mitch Moore Gallery Collection

This striking impasto acrylic by Jack Herland showcases the artist’s mastery of texture, gesture, and decorative abstraction. The composition centers on a tall, stone-textured vase rendered in heavy impasto, giving the vessel a tactile sculptural presence that lifts it from the picture plane.

From this vase emerges a bouquet of stylized white blossoms—delicately formed petals in whispers of pale pink, ivory, and soft lavender. Each flower is outlined in the artist’s signature ink-like contour lines, then softened with watercolor-like acrylic washes. The blossoms radiate outward in rhythmic arcs, supported by cool gray and mauve branches that dissolve into the warm-toned background.

Herland’s ground is a refined, neutral taupe wash, over which he floats atmospheric rings and shadows, giving the impression of a Japanese ink painting interpreted through a modernist lens. The overall effect is serene, elegant, and unmistakably mid-century, blending Asian brush sensibility with decorative modern design.

This work exemplifies Herland’s gift for merging Eastern calligraphic influence with Western modernist structure, a hallmark of his floral and botanical series.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY — JACK HERLAND (1919–2005)

German-born American Modernist | New York Painter | Floral Specialist

Born in Germany and immigrating to New York at age sixteen, Jack Herland developed a diverse and refined artistic vocabulary shaped by study with notable teachers:

• John Groth — gestural drawing

• Stuart Davis — modernist composition and abstraction

• Professor Wang Chi Yuan — classical Chinese brush technique

Herland served in the U.S. Army during WWII and later expanded his practice into fine art, ceramics, china and glass design, and adult art education. His studio became known for expressive florals, still lifes, landscapes, and impasto decorative panels.

His trademark style blends:

• Calligraphic linear drawing

• Delicate color washes

• Textured impasto elements

• Japanese & Chinese brush aesthetics

• Modernist compositional restraint

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

• National Arts Club, NYC

• China Institute, New York

• Hudson Museum

• Riverdale Neighborhood House

Listed in Who’s Who in Art, Herland was represented for decades by New York’s Mitch Moore Gallery, which distributed many of his floral watercolors, mixed-media works, and impasto acrylics throughout the 1960s–1980s.

Jack Herland (1919–2005)
Untitled Floral in Textured Vase
Impasto Acrylic on Paper
Signed lower right
Ex-Mitch Moore Gallery → Artfind Gallery, Washington DC

Highly decorative impasto floral with sculpted vase, soft neutral palette, and expressive brushwork.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Artist: Jack Herland (1919–2005)
Title: White Blossoms in Textured Vase (assigned catalog title)
Medium: Impasto Acrylic on Paper
Dimensions: Approx. 26 × 20 inches
Signature: Lower right “Herland”
Date: c. 1970s–1980s
Provenance:

1. Artist

2. Mitch Moore Gallery, NYC (retired inventory)

3. Private Collection

4. Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — Current Owner

Condition:
Excellent vintage condition; no losses or lifting of impasto; surface clean and stable.

PROVENANCE CHAIN

1. Artist: Jack Herland (1919–2005)

2. Mitch Moore Gallery, New York

3. Private Collector

4. Artfind Gallery, Washington DC (current owner)