Thomas Hicks (painter)
Thomas Hicks | |
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_by_an_unidentified_artist%252C_c._1865%252C_albumen_silver_print%252C_from_the_National_Portrait_Gallery_-_NPG-NPG_76_76Hicks-000001.jpg) Portrait of Hicks, c. 1865 | |
| Born | October 18, 1823  |
| Died | October 8, 1890 |
| Occupation | Painter |
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Thomas Hicks (October 18, 1823 – October 8, 1890) was an American painter.
Biography
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. He taught George Bernard Butler and Charles Henry Yewell.[2] He studied with French painter Thomas Couture from 1848 to 1849.[3]
He died on October 8, 1890.
References
- ↑ Thomas Hicks in the RKD
- ↑ David Bernard Dearinger; National Academy of Design (U.S.) (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.
- ↑ Boime, Albert (1980). Thomas Couture and the Eclectic Vision. Yale University Press. p. 591. ISBN 9780300021585. OCLC 5612079.
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