Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt

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

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt
Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, self portrait
Born	Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt 1747 Hamm, Holy Roman Empire
Died	1797 (aged 49–50) London, England
Nationality	German
Other names	Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt (born name)
Occupation(s)	Painter, Draftsman

Landscape with fishermen and turf collectors

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]