Charles Leickert

Portrait of Charles Leickert by Nicolaas Pieneman (1853)

Charles Henri Joseph Leickert (22 September 1816, Brussels – 5 December 1907, Mainz) was a Belgian painter of Dutch landscapes. As a specialist in winter landscapes, he explored the nuances of the evening sky and the rosy-fingered dawn.

Biography[]

Charles Leickert first learned painting in The Hague under the supervision of landscape painters Bartholomeus van Hove, Wijnand Nuijen, and Andreas Schelfhout,^[1] among many others. Leickert specialised in winter scenes, sometimes romanticising the sky in pale blues and bright pinks, but he is equally well-known for numerous cityscapes. He painted almost all of his works in the Netherlands, in The Hague from 1841–1846 and in Amsterdam from 1849–1883. In 1856, he became a member of the Royal Academy of Amsterdam. At the age of 71 he moved to Mainz, Germany, where he died in 1907.

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  Ice View With Skaters

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  Snowy street in Haarlem of Charles Leickert

References[]

Further reading[]

• P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, pp. 414–415.
• Harry J. Kraaij (2005). Charles Leickert, 1816-1907: Painter Of The Dutch Landscape. Scriptum Signature. ISBN 90-5594-012-7.

External links[]

• Media related to Charles Leickert at Wikimedia Commons
• Charles Leickert at Artcyclopedia
• Winter at the IJ Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum
• Charles Leickert paintings
• Boymans van Beuningen collection work by Leickert

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