Oswald Sickert

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Oswald Adalbert Sickert (21 February 1828 - 11 November 1885) was a Danish-German artist, considered a painter of dramatic genre, landscapes and an engraver from the English school.

[edit] Early life

He was born in Altona, Germany, the son of Johann Jurgen Sickert (1803-1864), who was also a painter end engraver.

He received his formal training from his father and at the Copenhagen Académie in Denmark from 1844-46. In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies, and thereafter to Paris for six months, before moving permanently to London.

[edit] Career

He left Munich to settle in England at the time of the Great Exhibition, Oswald's work having been recommended by Freiin Rebecca von Kreusser to Ralph Nicholson Wornum, who was Keeper of the National Gallery at the time.

He opened a studio in London and eventually became a British citizen. His successful career as an artist included exhibitions at the British Institute, Grosvenor Gallery and several other London galleries.

[edit] Personal life

He married Eleanor Louisa Henry, the illegitimate daughter of astronomer Richard Sheepshanks.

He had two sons, British impressionist Walter Sickert and Bernhard Sickert, who was a painter and architectural engraver.

His daughter, Helena Swanwick (1864–1939) was a noted feminist and pacifist.

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.