Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940.
He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89).
Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer.
However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism.
O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977.
O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
Works by Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey
Harvest Diptych, c. 1960 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Interior with Fern, 1966 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Landscape with Blue Chair Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Backyard Landscape Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Fall Backyard, 1976 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Red Cloth Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Garden Still-Life with Trellis, 1981 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Studio Scene Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey - Pinto Horse in Summer Landscape, Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Horses, ink drawing, 1979 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Horse and Tree Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Maine Beach Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Still Life with Guitar Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Garden Still Life Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Sunflower Field, Diptych Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Picnic on Beach Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Playground 1 and 2, 1954 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Blue Moon, Evening Scene Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Race Horse and Groom, c. 1960 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Cows at Pasture II Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Cows at Pasture Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Snowy Landscape with Cardinals Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Two Tigers Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Spectacle Owls at the Zoo, c.1970 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Still Life with Bottles, Teapot and Fruit, 1970 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Woman in a Garden Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Exotic Birds Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Table in the Garden, 1972 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Garden Landscape with Flowers, 1974 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Pulling Up the Horses, 1979 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Large Studio Still Life, 1979 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Lavender Fields at Goult Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Joseph O'Sickey-Spring Garden (Backyard Garden with Table), 1985 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Small Summer Garden, 1987 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Spectators at Race Track Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey