Edward Hicks
Edward Hicks Painting the Peaceable Kingdom by Thomas Hicks , 1839
Peaceable Kingdom , around 1834, oil on canvas, 76.2 × 90.2 cm
Edward Hicks (born April 4, 1780 in Langhorne , Pennsylvania , † August 23, 1849 in Newton ) was an American painter of the Naive Art style .
Life
Hicks was a painter and preacher for the Quakers in the United States. One of his well-known works is titled The Kingdom of Peace , a motif he painted over a hundred times in different versions, of which about 62 have survived. His nephew was the painter Thomas Hicks .
Works (selection)
Washington at the Delaware , (ca.1849)
The Residence of David Twining, (1845-1848)
Noah's Ark (1846), Philadelphia Museum of Art
Penn's Treaty (1847), private collection
The Cornell Farm (1848), National Gallery of Art
literature
- Edward Hicks: Memoirs of the Life and Religious Laboratories of Edward Hicks. Merrihew & Thompson, Philadelphia 1851. Reprinted: Applewood Books, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4290-1885-2 .
- Alice Ford: Edward Hicks, Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1998, ISBN 0-8122-1675-X .
Web links
Commons : Edward Hicks - collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hicks, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langhorne , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1849 |
| Place of death | Newton , Bucks County |