A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward R. Hébert is currently the Director at A Gallery For Fine Photography. The gallery is known to locals as “A Gallery” and  is located at 241 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. During the past twelve years Hébert has imparted his knowledge of the history of photography and painting to his patrons and has built up an extensive client base at “A Gallery.”

While his employment at "A Gallery" has afforded him innumerable travel opportunities to various cities known for their art bases, it also demands that he maintain a constant and current working knowledge of all aspects of the photographic art world.  Part of Hébert’s role at A Gallery is representing the proprietor, Joshua Mann Pailet’s, fine art photography collection in such places as New York City, Paris, France, and Basel Switzerland.  Please visit the A Gallery web site for more information regarding the gallery in its thirty-first year of operation at www.agallery.com.
 

Hébert's formal education consists of four years at The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 1977-1980, followed by 6 years at the University Of New Orleans.   Upon earning his Bachelor of The Arts degree in 1986, he re-located to Boston, MA (1987-1991).  While the greater part of his time in Boston was spent working with painting, drawing and developing color photography, during Hébert’s final year in Boston he had the opportunity to study Figure Drawing with Patrice Sullivan, Art Instructor at Harvard University.  Upon returning to New Orleans, Hébert formed a figure drawing group with other artists at Jana Napoli’s, the founder of YaYa, studio in the central business district, 1992-93.
 

Although his background is strongest in Photography and The History of Photography, his true artistic passion lies in drawing and painting.   Hébert’s painting style has evolved from movements in Modern Art such as Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, and German Expressionism and influenced by a wide array of artists including Egon Schiele, Alice Neel, Lucien Freud, Oscar Kokoschka and Edvard Munch among others.   

Having awareness of the great works of Modern painting masters, Hébert has been successful at developing his own definitive style. Whereas his earlier works were allegorical in theme, more recent pieces illustrate his interest in representing and recording his actual surroundings and current life experiences.

The works of Edward R. Hébert have been exhibited in numerous venues in New Orleans for the past thirteen years dating back to 1991.