Walter Sickert

Walter Sickert RA RBA
Portrait by George Charles Beresford, 1911
Born	(1860-05-31)31 May 1860 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	22 January 1942(1942-01-22) (aged 81) Bath, Somerset, England
Resting place	Church of St Nicholas, Bathampton
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University College School King's College School
Known for	Painting
Notable work	The Camden Town Murder Ennui
Movement	Post-Impressionism
Spouses	Ellen Cobden ​ ​ (m. 1885; div. 1899)​ Christine Angus ​ ​ (m. 1911; died 1920)​ Thérèse Lessore ​ (m. 1926)​
Elected	Royal Academy Royal Society of British Artists

Walter Richard Sickert RA RBA (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on distinctively British styles of avant-garde art in the mid and late 20th century.

Sickert was a cosmopolitan and an eccentric who often favoured ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects. His work includes portraits of well-known personalities and images derived from press photographs. He is considered a prominent figure in the transition from Impressionism to Modernism.

Decades after his death, several authors and researchers theorised that Sickert might have been the London-based serial killer Jack the Ripper, but the claim has largely been dismissed.