Hermann Heinrich Becker (painter)

Hermann Heinrich Becker (1817 – 1885) was a German painter, art historian, author and writer.

From 1839 to 1844 he studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, under Karl Ferdinand Sohn, Carl Gottfried Eybe, and Christoph Wilhelm Wohlien, afterwards going on study trips to Antwerp, Paris, Brussels and Italy.

[1] In 1844 Becker was a founding member of the Verein Düsseldorfer Künstler zu gegenseitiger Unterstützung und Hülfe (Association of Düsseldorf Artists for Mutual Support and Assistance), and in 1848 a founder of the Malkasten artists' association.

The Historical Archive of the City of Cologne contains his unpublished manuscript for a comedy play Hermann der Cherusker.

His work included religious motifs, mythological, historical and genre themes, and portraits.