Early Life
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 1844-46. In 1852, he traveled to Munich to complete his studies, and thereafter to Paris for six months, before moving permanently to London.
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