Her'komer

Her'komer, HUBERT, artist, was born at Waal, in Bavaria, in 1849, the son of a wood-carver who came to England in 1857. At the age of thirteen he gained a medal at the Southampton art school, and afterwards studied for a few months at Munich and South Kensington. In 1870 he settled in London, where, besides painting, he employed himself in preparing designs for the Graphic. He has since exhibited a large number of works in water-colour and oil, including figure-subjects and portraits. His best picture is 'The Last Muster' (1875), a picture of Chelsea pensioners in chapel. In 1879 he was elected A.R.A., and in 1885 Slade professor at Oxford, being re-elected in 1889; he is also an honorary member of the academies of Vienna and Berlin, and an officer (1889) of the Legion of Honour. He became R.A. in 1890. An engraver, wood-carver, playwright, and musician, he founded an art-school at Bushey (q.v.).