Born in Altona, Germany, but is considered a painter of dramatic genre, landscapes and an engraver from the English school. He was the son Johann Jurgen Sickert (1803-1864), who was also a painter end engraver. He and his wife Eleanor Louisa Henry-Sickert had two sons, British impressionist Walter Richard Sickert and Bernhard who was a painter and architectural engraver. He received his formal training from his father and at the Copenhagen Académie in Denmark from 1844 to 1846. In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies. Upon completion of his studies, he would move to Paris and worked for six months in the house of a local Couture before leaving Europe permanently for London. 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 additional galleries in London.
Buried 16 December 1885.
Buried 16 December 1885.
Born in Altona, Germany, but is considered a painter of dramatic genre, landscapes and an engraver from the English school. He was the son Johann Jurgen Sickert (1803-1864), who was also a painter end engraver. He and his wife Eleanor Louisa Henry-Sickert had two sons, British impressionist Walter Richard Sickert and Bernhard who was a painter and architectural engraver. He received his formal training from his father and at the Copenhagen Académie in Denmark from 1844 to 1846. In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies. Upon completion of his studies, he would move to Paris and worked for six months in the house of a local Couture before leaving Europe permanently for London. 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 additional galleries in London.
Buried 16 December 1885.
Buried 16 December 1885.
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