Background
He was born in Altona, Germany, the son of Johann Jürgen 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 1844-1846.
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Oswald Sickert
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In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies, and thereafter to Paris for six months, before moving permanently to London. 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.
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