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
Untitled, c. 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
April, c. 1965 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Landscape with Blue Chair Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Backyard Landscape Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Untitled , c. 1970 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Two Owls, 1970 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Terrace in Shade, 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life with Wine Bottle , c. 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Algesa, 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Late Summer Garden, 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Evening Still Life Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Interior Still Life with Chair & Flowers Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Summer Trees Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horse and Sulky, 1982 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Interior with Indian Cloths, 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Autumn Garden Still Life, 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life with Fruit & Basket Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life with Pheasant and Owl Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horses in Landscape Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Garden Series: Garden Behind Studio, 1991 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horses Prepared to Perform and Circus Truck, Circus Series, 1991 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
October Terrace, 1992 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Autumn Riders and Red-Winged Blackbirds, 1993 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Untitled, 1994 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Interior with Green Chair, 1996 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life with Oriental Instrument and Cat, 1998 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Hats, 2000 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
At the Stable, 2000 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Stable Scene Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Tibetan Man with Pony, Darjeeling, India, 1945 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Animal Abstraction, c. 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Circus Sketch, Study for "Show Girls", c. 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Untitled Still Life Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Venus and Mastadon, 1952 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Perfume Ad, 1954 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Cape Cod (boat on far right), 1961 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Hawk on Branch, 1964 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Circus Interlude Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horse in Field with Farmer, c. 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horses in Field with Carriage Wheels, c. 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Sunflowers, Horses and Tractor, c. 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Riders Between Events, 1996 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Orange Hill with Tree, 1940 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Stained Glass Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Untitled, c. 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Industrial Cityscape Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Bowl of Fruit Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Cat Tails Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Still Life with Fruit Bowl Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Horseback Riders Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Pals, 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Birds in a Cage, 1989 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Covered Bridge Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Garden with Plum Tree, c. 1990 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Picnic Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Sunflowers in Field Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
Woman with Flippers 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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Harvest Diptych, c. 1960 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Peacocks, 1964 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Figures at Beach, c. 1965 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Interior with Fern, 1966 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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Untitled , c. 1970 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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Fall Backyard, 1976 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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Red Cloth Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Vases with Sunflowers Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Garden Still Life with Table and Bird, c. 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Cat with Bouquets, c. 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Garden Still-Life with Trellis, 1981 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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Autumn in the Studio, 1996 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Spectators at Race Track Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Old Brookside Zoo, 2000 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Tigers and Cockatoos, 2002 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Convict on Zebra, 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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The Sand Mine, c. 1950 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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William Tell Shoots Himself to Create Myth, 1952 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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European Village Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Rainy Evening in Margharita Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Self-Portrait, c. 1980 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Marci, 1998 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Maine Coastline Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Cleveland Lake Front Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Still Life with Flowers & Fruit Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Still Life with Flower Vases Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Circus Bears Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Three Horses Among Sunflowers Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey
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Garden Still Life with Yellow Chair, 1998 Joseph Benjamin O’Sickey