Oswald Sickert

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

He was born in Altona, then in Denmark, the son of Johann Jürgen Sickert (1803–1864), who was also a painter and engraver.

In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies, and thereafter to Paris for six months, before moving permanently to London.

He married Eleanor Louisa Henry, the illegitimate daughter of the English astronomer Richard Sheepshanks (1794–1855).

Paintings and sketches by Oswald Sickert are held at Islington Local History Centre.