Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers
Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers , also Hercules Pietersz Segers (* around 1590 in Haarlem , Netherlands , † around 1638 in Amsterdam ), was a Dutch painter and etcher.
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Seghers experimented with various etching techniques and depicted landscapes excellently. His work is still puzzling today. However, influences at Rembrandt can be proven.
Today only 183 etchings with 54 different motifs and 10 paintings are known from him.
Exhibitions
- Hercules Segher's color etchings . Kupferstichkabinett Berlin , 2013.
- Werner Herzog & Hercules Segers - Soul Landscapes . Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud , 2015.
See also
- Anna Seghers , born as Netty Reiling, took the pseudonym after Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers.
literature
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Seghers . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 607-609.
- Wilhelm Fraenger : The etchings of Hercules Seghers. A physiognomic attempt. Eugen Rentsch, Munich / Leipzig 1922. (Reprint: Reclam, Leipzig 1984, DNB 850290902 )
- Leo C. Collins: Hercules Seghers. Cambridge Univ. Press, London 1953, OCLC 640152433 .
- John Rowlands: Hercules Segers. Edition Herscher, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-7335-0016-3 .
Web links
Commons : Hercules Seghers - Album with pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers at Zeno.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seghers, Hercules Pieterszoon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seghers, Hercules Pietersz .; Segers, Hercules Pietersz .; Seegers, Hercules Pietersz .; Zegers, Hercules Pietersz .; Seghers, Hercules Pietersz .; Segers, Hercules Pietersz .; Seegers, Hercules Pietersz .; Zegers, Hercules Pietersz .; Seghers, Harcules Pietersz .; Segers, Harcules Pietersz .; Seegers, Harcules Pietersz .; Zegers, Harcules Pietersz. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem , the Netherlands |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1638 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam , Netherlands |