Sir Hubert von Herkomer
(1849-1914), Painter and illustratorLater Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 53 portraits
Born in Germany, Herkomer's family settled in England, where he studied painting at Southampton and the South Kensington Schools. He worked first as an illustrator, but soon achieved great popular success with his subject paintings depicting the lives of the poor. He turned increasingly towards portraiture in the 1880s, and became one of the most successful and wealthy portraitists of the period. Herkomer built his own house, 'Lululaund' at Bushey, Hertfordshire, where he later experimented in various media, including mezzotint and enamels, as well as becoming absorbed in the possibilities of film in his last years.
by (Edward) Onslow Ford
terracotta bust, 1877
NPG 6196
by F. Goedecker
watercolour, 1883-1884
NPG 2720
The Royal Academy Conversazione, 1891
by George Henry Grenville Manton
pen, ink and gouache, 1891
NPG 2820
by Ernest Borough Johnson
oil on paper, 1892
NPG 3175
by (Edward) Onslow Ford
bronze bust, circa 1897
NPG 2461
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, published 1893
NPG Ax27644
by Harold Baker
cabinet card, circa 1900?
NPG x17950
Hubert Herkomer A.R.A. and his Children
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
etching, 1879
NPG D35709
Hubert Herkomer A.R.A. and his Children
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer
etching, 1879
NPG D9797
Hubert Herkomer A.R.A. and his Children
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer, published by The British and Foreign Artists' Association
etching, published 1 April 1880 (1879)
NPG D35708
Sir Hubert von Herkomer ('Men of the Day. No. 297.')
by F. Goedecker
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 26 January 1884
NPG D44158
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