Sir Hubert von Herkomer was a Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer. Though a very successful portrait artist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the poor. Hard Times showing the distraught family of a travelling day-labourer at the side of a road, is one of his best-known works.
- Occupation
- painter, sculptor, university teacher, poet
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Bavaria
- Born
- May 26, 1849, May 6, 1849
- Died
- March 31, 1914
