Austrian-born British painter Herbert Gurschner studied in Innsbruck and Munich, before he married Ella Dolores Erskine, a wealthy British woman, in 1924, and moved to London. Frequently running in aristocratic circles, he often traveled in the 1930s with the Zeppelin to the United States, where he frequently acquired portrait orders. In 1939, he obtained British citizenship and served Britain during World War II. After the war he worked mainly as a stage designer in London and took part in the 1948 London Olympics with one of his paintings. Gurschner painted strongly colored oil paintings and created numerous color linoleum and woodcuts, mostly with motifs from his native Tyrol. He married actress Brenda Davidoff in his second marriage.
Great Britain