The son of a teacher, Licklederer attended the School of Applied Arts in Munich in 1884 and 1885, where he met famous artists. From 1889 to 1892 he studied at the Academy under Professors Gabriel von Hackl and Otto Seitz. Both of them, who had different approaches to the application of art, one being more of a portraitist and the other more of a landscape painter, provided Licklederer with crucial support. The general public soon became aware of him through the success of his paintings at many exhibitions. In 1900, Licklederer moved to Rosenheim, where he gradually received portrait commissions. Among the large number of his portraits are: “Mayor Josef Wüst”, “Geist. Rat Anton Mayer”, ‘Die Bäckerseheleute Finsterwalder’, ‘Die Mutter des Stadtarchivrates Aschl’. Along the way, he painted several houses in Rosenheim with religious frescoes. There were also numerous commissions from the church authorities. Frescoes in the churches of Kronau, Rosenheim and others bear witness to his skill. But his great love was the landscape, especially that around the Simssee. For four decades, he repeatedly discovered new motifs at this idyllic lake, which he captured on canvas in hundreds of paintings. He was not wrongly called “Simsseemaler”. Three years before his death, the artist went blind, which is probably the hardest fate that can befall a painter.