Hubert von Herkomer is remembered for work the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Hubert von Herkomer as German-born British artist (1849-1914).
Hubert von Herkomer was born at Waal in 1849. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom. He trained at Royal College of Art.
The nineteenth century broke the academy's authority: independent exhibitions, dealers and the beginnings of modernism.
He worked as painter, sculptor and university teacher.
A painting outlives the argument about it, which is the only durable form of an artistic reputation.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was made in United Kingdom shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Hubert von Herkomer died in 1914, aged 65. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
