Serge Hollerbach was born in 1923 in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), a suburb of Leningrad, in Russia, to a family of german origin. He drew constantly as a child. At the age of 17, he enrolled in the High School of Art in Leningrad. After WWII, from 1946 to 1949 he studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts where he learnt fast linear drawing and to create in an expressionist way. In 1949, he left for New York where he continued his studies first at The Art Student Leagues in 1951 then the American Art School of New York City in 1952, and launched his artistic career as a professional artist. He is academician of National Academy of Design, honorable president of American Watercolor Society, member of Allied Artists, America Audubon Artists and the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic. Hollerbach’s solo exhibitions have been held worldwide in Saint Petersburg, Paris, Nice, New York and other cities.

Hollerbach is best known for his paintings of modern urban life and common people in the city. As his vision began deteriorating in 1994, Hollerbach’s artistic production became more abstract, shifting from defined shapes to looser forms, from muted colors to brighter tones. His works are included in public and private collections in the US, including the National Academy of Design in New York, the Yale University Art Gallery, the University of Kentucky Art Museum, to name just a few.