sentences:  Oberkampf was born in Wiesenbach, Germany, into a family of dyers.He traveled to educate himself and initially worked in Mulhouse as an engraver, then from October 1758 in Paris as a colourist.In 1759, Oberkampf proposed a partnership with the Swiss for the creation of a manufacture of cottons printed with engraved wood boards in Jouy-in-Josas.