Edward Hicks
(1780–1849) American artist (1780-1849)
Edward Hicks (USA, 1780–1849) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Edward Hicks belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Edward Hicks was born in Langhorne and died in Newtown. Edward Hicks worked in Pennsylvania, Hulmeville, and Newtown. Wikidata associates Edward Hicks with naïve art.
One of the best-known works is ‘The Cornell Farm’. The works belong mainly to the genre religious painting. The catalogue has 35 works by Edward Hicks with free images. The dated works span the years 1817–1848. Works by Edward Hicks are held by several collections, among them National Gallery of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Rembrandt Peale, Washington Allston, Thomas Birch, John Wesley Jarvis, and Jan Damel.