Charles Leickert
{{Short description|Dutch painter (1816–1907)}}
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File:Charles Henri Joseph Leickert (1818-1907), schilder Rijksmuseum SK-A-4164.jpeg (1853)]]
Charles Henri Joseph Leickert (22 September 1816, Brussels – 5 December 1907, Mainz) was a Dutch painter of 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, and Andreas Schelfhout,{{cite web|last = Art Fact|title = Charles Leickert Biography|url = http://www.artfact.com/artist/leickert-charles-lzzt5iigqx|archive-url = https://archive.today/20120722113958/http://www.artfact.com/artist/leickert-charles-lzzt5iigqx|url-status = dead|archive-date = 22 July 2012|publisher = Art Fact.com|accessdate = 17 February 2012}} 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
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Further reading
- P. & V. Berko, "Dictionary of Belgian painters born between 1750 & 1875", Knokke 1981, pp. 414–415.
- {{cite book |author=Harry J. Kraaij |title=Charles Leickert, 1816-1907: Painter Of The Dutch Landscape |publisher=Scriptum Signature|year=2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wFEKAAAACAAJ&q=%22Charles+Leickert%22 |isbn=90-5594-012-7}}
External links
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- [http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/leickert_charles_henri_joseph.html Charles Leickert] at Artcyclopedia
- [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/zoeken/objecten?q=leickert&p=1&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=5#/SK-A-3922,5 Winter at the IJ Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum]
- [https://www.simonis-buunk.com/artist/charles-leickert/artworks/1714/ Charles Leickert paintings]
- [https://www.boijmans.nl/collectie/kunstenaars/11005/charles-henri-joseph-leickert Boymans van Beuningen collection work by Leickert]
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Category:19th-century Dutch painters
Category:Painters from Brussels
Category:19th-century Dutch male artists
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