Sir Hubert von Herkomer Sir Hubert von Herkomer (26 May 1849 - 31 March 1914), British painter of German descent. He was also a pioneering film-director and a composer. Herkomer was born at Waal, in Bavaria. Lorenz Herkomer, his father and a wood-carver of great ability, left Bavaria in 1851 with his wife and child for the United States, settling in Cleveland, Ohio, for a while, but returned to Europe and settled in Southampton in 1857.
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