Bernhard Sickert

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Bernhard Sickert (* 1862 in Munich ; † August 2, 1932 in Jordans, Buckinghamshire ) was a British painter , etcher and graphic artist.

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Sickert was the grandson of Johann Jürgen Sickert , son of Oswald Sickert and the younger brother of Walter Sickert . Born in Munich, he moved to England with his family in 1868. After he had worked through several jobs without success, he was allowed to work only as an artist from 1885 due to his poor health. Three years later he became a member of the New English Art Club . He exhibited with the London Impressionists in 1889. With his brother Walter he toured Holland, Italy and France, often staying in Dieppe . They exhibited their works together several times, beginning in 1895 at the Dutch Gallery. In 1911/12 Sickert took part in exhibitions of the Allied Artists' Association. From 1914 to 1918 he worked as a nurse in a hospital. He died after a long illness in the village of Jordans in Buckinghamshire, England.

Sickert painted in particular landscape motifs and still lifes . His painting style was influenced by his father and James McNeill Whistler . He wrote a biography about Whistler in 1908.

Fonts

  • Whistler. Duckworth & Co, London 1908 ( archive.org ).

literature

  • Stanley Weintraub: Bernard Shaw on the London art scene, 1885–1950 . Pennsylvania State University Press, London 1989, ISBN 0-271-00665-X , pp. 308 ( books.google.de - Biographical Note).

Web links

Commons : Bernhard Sickert  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sickert, Bernhard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 587 .
  2. ↑ Bernard Sickert tate.org.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sickert, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sickert, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1932
Place of death Jordans, Buckinghamshire