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
Wijnand Jan Josephus Nuijen (4 March 1813 – 2 June 1839) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who specialised in landscapes, and was greatly influenced by the French Romantics.
Biography
Born in The Hague (Den Haag) to a baker father who recognis ...
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Andreas Schelfhout
Andreas Schelfhout (1787–1870) was a Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer, known for his landscape paintings.
Schelfhout belongs to the Romantic movement. His Dutch winter scenes and frozen canals with skaters were already famous during hi ...
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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 to 1846 and in
Amsterdam from 1849 to 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.
File:Charles Leickert (1816-1907) - Ice View With Skaters.jpg, ''Ice View With Skaters''
File:Charles Leickert - Besneeuwd straatje te Haarlem.jpg, ''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.
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External links
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Charles Leickertat
Artcyclopedia
Winter at the IJ Amsterdam, RijksmuseumCharles Leickert paintingsBoymans van Beuningen collection work by Leickert
1816 births
1907 deaths
Belgian painters
19th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Landscape artists
Painters from Brussels
19th-century Dutch male artists
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