Hubert HERKOMER VON 1849+1914

Biography

HERKOMER Hubert von Birth: May 26, 1849 in Waal (Bavaria), Germany - Death: March 31, 1914 in Budleigh-Salterton, United Kingdom Company(ies) Academy of Fine Arts: foreign associate member 1896-1914, in the chair of Frédéric Leighton, 1896-1914 Biography Hubert von Herkomer is a German-British painter.

Career: - 1856. Settlement in the United Kingdom. - 1869. Illustrator for the daily newspaper The Graphic. - 1878. Medal of honor, Paris Universal Exhibition. - 1889. Gold medal, Paris Universal Exhibition. - 1880-1889. Professor of aesthetics at the University of Oxford. - 1883-1884. Director of an art school in Bushey (New York).

- Member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors (London).

- Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

- Officer of the Legion of Honor.

Elected on March 21, 1896, foreign associate of the Academy of Fine Arts, in the chair of Frédéric Leighton.

Biographical sources - Herkomer, by L. Dietich, Berlin and Leipzig, 1901. - Allgemeines Lexicon der Bildenden Künstler, by U. Thieme and F. Becker, Leipzig, 1923, t. XVI, p. 474-478. - Biographical dictionary of contemporary artists, by Édouard-Joseph, Paris, 1931, t. II, p. 183. - Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors, Designers and Engravers, by E. Bénézit, Paris, 1976, t. V, p. 503.

Bibliography Main works: - 1874. The last assembly. - 1875. The Last Call. - 1877. Rogations. - 1877. Portrait of Anna Herkomer. - 1877. Street musician. - 1877. Portrait of Cosima Wagner. - 1878. His Eminence the Cardinal. - 1879. Light, life and melody. - 1880. Godshine. - 1881. Romantic scene. - 1881. Portrait of Sir George Grey. - 1881. Portrait of Hans Richter. - 1884. Emigrants. - 188