SICKERT, WALTER 1860-1942:

1860 TO 1942. WALTER SICKERT WAS AN ENIGMA IN THE ART WORLD, AN INDIVIDUALIST ETCHER HE BELONGED TO NO PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR GENRE OF ART, PREFERRING, LIKE AUGUSTUS JOHN, TO PLOUGH HIS OWN FURROW. A PUPIL OF BOTH WHISTLER AND DEGAS, SICKERT'S SUBJECTS RANGED FROM MUSIC HALL AND THEATRE TO THE PORTRAYAL OF DAY TO DAY HUMANITY. HIS ART IS UNIQUE, AS WAS THE MAN WHO STUDIED DRAMA UNDER SIR HENRY IRVING, BUT WAS ALSO ACCUSED OF BEING JACK THE RIPPER.