Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

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

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

Biography

He was born in Hamm and moved to The Hague where he became a pupil of Hieronymus Lapis 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

1. Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt in the RKD
2. Katharina Schweickhardt in 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

External links

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