Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
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Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt | |
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Born | Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt 1747 |
Died | 1797 (aged 49–50) |
Nationality | German |
Other names | Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt (born name) |
Occupation(s) | Painter, Draftsman |
Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (born Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt; 1747–1797), was an 18th-century painter from Germany.
Biography
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
External links
- 3 artworks by or after Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt at the Art UK site
- Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickardt on Artnet
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt.
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