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Sickert Vs Sargent
Sickert may refer to: * Oswald Sickert (1828–1885), Danish-German artist, father of Walter Sickert * Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on d ... (1860–1942), German-English artist * Sickert, Haut-Rhin, commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswald Sickert
Oswald Adalbert Sickert (21 February 1828 – 11 November 1885) was a Danish artist. His landscape paintings are primarily of the dramatic genre, and his engravings are from the English school. Early life He was born in Altona, then in Denmark, the son of Johann Jürgen Sickert (1803–1864), who was also a painter and engraver. He received his formal training from his father and at the Copenhagen Académie in Denmark from 1844 to 1846. In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies, and thereafter to Paris for six months, before moving permanently to London. Career He left Munich to settle in England at the time of the Great Exhibition, Oswald's work having been recommended by Freiin Rebecca von Kreusser to Ralph Nicholson Wornum, who was Keeper of the National Gallery in London at the time. He opened a studio in London and eventually became a British citizen. His successful career as an artist included exhibitions at the British Institute, Grosvenor Gallery and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Sickert
Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century. Sickert was a cosmopolitan and an eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects. His work includes portraits of well-known personalities and images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism. Decades after his death, several authors and researchers theorised that Sickert might have been the London-based serial killer Jack the Ripper, but the claim has largely been dismissed. Training and early career Sickert was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, on 31 May 1860, the eldest son of Oswald Sickert, a Danish artist, and his English wife, Eleanor Louisa H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
