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Hicks was born in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania and became a portrait painter, but is also known for genre works. [1] He is known for his portrait of Abraham Lincoln that was engraved by Leopold Grozelier. Charles Henry Yewell studied with him for a time. [2] He died on October 8, 1890.
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This is a list by date of birth of historically recognized American fine artists known for the creation of artworks that are primarily visual in nature, including traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking, as well as more recent genres, including installation art, performance art, body art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.
Jan van der Heyden (1637–1712), Dutch painter, draftsman and print-maker; Hugo Heyrman (born 1942), Belgian painter, film-maker and researcher; Edward Hicks (1780–1849), American painter and Quaker minister; Hidari Jingorō (左甚五郎, fl. 1596–1644), Japanese artist, possibly fictitious
By 1816, his wife was expecting a fifth child. After a relative of Hicks, at the urging of Hicks' close friend John Comly, talked to him about painting again, Hicks resumed decorative painting. This friendly suggestion saved Hicks from financial disaster, and preserved his livelihood not as a Quaker Minister but as a Quaker artist. [6]
Salvator Mundi by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (c. 1500) This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The record is approximately US$450.3 million (which includes commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi (c. 1500). The painting was sold in November 2017, [1] [2] through the auction house Christie's in New ...
The Art Department's focus was on modern American painting, works painted in the 17 years since the 1876 Centennial Exposition. [1] Hundreds of American painters submitted works, and more than 1,000 paintings in oil and more than 200 in watercolor were selected for exhibition in the Palace of Fine Arts.
In the following list, the painter's name is followed by the number of their paintings in the collection, with a link to all of their works available on the Artic website. For artists with more than one type of work in the collection, or for works by artists not listed here, see the Artic website or the corresponding Wikimedia Commons category.