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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.
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.
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A longtime New York-based art dealer stumbled upon a painting at a Hamptons barn sale for which he paid just $50 — and now the rare piece is expected to be auctioned off for six figures.
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]
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Heade received his first art training from the folk artist Edward Hicks, who lived in nearby Newtown, and possibly also from Edward's cousin, Thomas Hicks. [2] Heade was painting by 1839; his earliest known work is a portrait from that year. [2] He traveled abroad and lived in Rome for two years.
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