Hubert Von Herkomer. Hubert von Herkomer was a German-born British painter, and also a pioneering film-director and composer.
Though a very successful portraitist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Hard Times showing the distraught family of a travelling day-labourer at the side of a road, is probably one of his best-known works.
Herkomer was born at Waal, Bavaria. His family was poor and his mother tried to supplement the earnings of his father by giving music lessons.
Once his mother gave him a half sovereign for some shopping: It was the last piece of gold in the place. I lost it. My parents were in despair.
Lorenz Herkomer, his father and a wood-carver of great ability, left Bavaria in 1851 with his wife and child for the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. They soon returned to Europe and settled in Southampton in 1857 at 10 Windsor Terrace, where the family spent 17 years before moving to a house called Dyreham in Bushey in 1874. Hubert's education was slight: He went to school for a month or two, and, falling ill never returned. In a lengthy interview for Chums boys' annual in 1896, Herkomer recalled his childhood: We had an anxious time of it when I was a boy. We were constantly in want of money. I was always inclined to art, and as a little boy worked principally at my father's benc
Though a very successful portraitist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Hard Times showing the distraught family of a travelling day-labourer at the side of a road, is probably one of his best-known works.
Herkomer was born at Waal, Bavaria. His family was poor and his mother tried to supplement the earnings of his father by giving music lessons.
Once his mother gave him a half sovereign for some shopping: It was the last piece of gold in the place. I lost it. My parents were in despair.
Lorenz Herkomer, his father and a wood-carver of great ability, left Bavaria in 1851 with his wife and child for the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio. They soon returned to Europe and settled in Southampton in 1857 at 10 Windsor Terrace, where the family spent 17 years before moving to a house called Dyreham in Bushey in 1874. Hubert's education was slight: He went to school for a month or two, and, falling ill never returned. In a lengthy interview for Chums boys' annual in 1896, Herkomer recalled his childhood: We had an anxious time of it when I was a boy. We were constantly in want of money. I was always inclined to art, and as a little boy worked principally at my father's benc
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