Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
Appearance
Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt | |
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![]() Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, self portrait | |
Born | Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt 1747 |
Died | 1797 (aged 49–50) |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt (born name) |
Occupation(s) | Painter, Draftsman |
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Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (born Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt; 1747–1797), was an 18th-century painter from Germany.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Hamm and moved to The Hague where he became a pupil of Hieronymus Lapis and started a family.[1] He moved to London in 1786 for economic reasons and did quite well there. His daughter Katharina learned to draw and paint and became a poet; she married Willem Bilderdijk after having an affair with him in 1795 when he taught her and her sisters in London.[2] Schweickhardt died in London.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 3 artworks by or after Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt at the Art UK site
- Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickardt on Artnet
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