A Chicago-born (January 8, 1923) and educated Expressionist* artist, Herbert Katzman was noted for his unique, textured paintings as well as sculpture. Known as a slatherer, he used a palette knife* to put thick layers of paint on canvas to give it a dense look.

His father, Louis, was a successful dentist and his mother Faye a homemaker. When Herbert was 11, his mother died, and he and his older brother Bob were raised by their father and a housekeeper. The brothers attended St. John's Military Academy for their elementary education, but Herbert soon discovered that he wanted to study art despite the objection of his father. He put himself through school working as a student janitor and a few o...