Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
	Landscape with fishermen and turf collectors
Born	1747; Hamm, Germany
Died	1797 (aged 49–50); London, England
Nationality	German
Occupation	Painter

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt (1747–1797), was an 18th-century painter from Germany.

Biography[]

He was born in Hamm and moved to The Hague where he became a pupil of and started a family.^[1] He moved to London in 1786 for economic reasons and did quite well there. His daughter Katharina learned to draw and paint and became a poet; she married Willem Bilderdijk after having an affair with him in 1795 when he taught her and her sisters in London.^[2] Schweickhardt died in London.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt in the RKD
^ Katharina Schweickhardt in 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

External links[]

3 artworks by or after Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt at the Art UK site
Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickardt on Artnet

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[2] Katharina Schweickhardt in 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

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Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
Landscape with fishermen and turf collectors
Born	1747 Hamm, Germany
Died	1797 (aged 49–50) London, England
Nationality	German
Occupation	Painter