Henry Dieckmann was born in Verden, Germany in 1933.

After World War II, Henry worked at the German Federal Railroad factory in Verden, In his spare time he used to watch life on the farm. Dieckmann is an autodidact and it is easy to notice that his work is affected from the memories of his life during the past century. His work is a nostalgic touch of a simple life, non-technologic, that induces in the viewer a longing for the recent past. Henry's paintings illustrate the daily life of common people in their free time with typical Parisian city landscapes.