A cousin of the painter Gustaf Olaf Cederström (1845-1933), Ture Nikolaus also served as an officer of the Swedish Royal Guard (1868-71). He studied from 1868 to 1869 in Paris with Swedish genre and portrait painter <a href=" https://findartvalue.com/artist/hugo-frederik-salmson">Hugo Fredrik Salmson</a> (1844-1894) and continued his training with history painter <a href=" https://findartvalue.com