Panel

Hubert von HerkomerWW-1890-132033

1890·Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet·197.9 × 61.8 cm (77 7/8 × 24 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 97 cm (38 1/4 in.)

<p>Sir Hubert von Herkomer, a Victorian-era painter of portraits and bucolic scenes, designed this panel as one component of a cohesive interior scheme for his home Lululaund, in England. The artist named the ornate Gothic Revival mansion in honor of his late wife, Lulu. Her name appears in the velvet design, beneath the scrolling banderole, which contains the Herkomer family motto, Propriis alis (By my own wings), written in Gothic script. The panel was woven by the artist’s uncle.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1890
Medium: Silk and cotton, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut voided velvet
Dimensions: 197.9 × 61.8 cm (77 7/8 × 24 3/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 97 cm (38 1/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Hubert von Herkomer

Artist

Hubert von Herkomer

Painting

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.

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