About: Harry Haerendel

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Heinrich "Harry" Haerendel (1886–1991) was a Hamburg born German artist. His most widely known work is his Der alte Seebär (lit. "The Old Sea Bear", also known in Scandinavia as Fiskargubben, "The Old Fisherman") picturing a bearded old sailor with a pensive countenance in a sou'wester smoking a pipe. It has been claimed that rather than being a fisherman it is a picture of the Dutch lifeboatman Dorus Rijkers. Prints of this work were very popular in the mid to late 20th century in Scandinavia and has been described as a noted example of kitsch art.

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  • Heinrich "Harry" Haerendel (1886–1991) was a Hamburg born German artist. His most widely known work is his Der alte Seebär (lit. "The Old Sea Bear", also known in Scandinavia as Fiskargubben, "The Old Fisherman") picturing a bearded old sailor with a pensive countenance in a sou'wester smoking a pipe. It has been claimed that rather than being a fisherman it is a picture of the Dutch lifeboatman Dorus Rijkers. Prints of this work were very popular in the mid to late 20th century in Scandinavia and has been described as a noted example of kitsch art. (en)
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  • Heinrich "Harry" Haerendel (1886–1991) was a Hamburg born German artist. His most widely known work is his Der alte Seebär (lit. "The Old Sea Bear", also known in Scandinavia as Fiskargubben, "The Old Fisherman") picturing a bearded old sailor with a pensive countenance in a sou'wester smoking a pipe. It has been claimed that rather than being a fisherman it is a picture of the Dutch lifeboatman Dorus Rijkers. Prints of this work were very popular in the mid to late 20th century in Scandinavia and has been described as a noted example of kitsch art. (en)
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  • Harry Haerendel (en)
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