Working sculptor: December 2007

Monday, December 10, 2007

American Painters: With Eighty-three Examples of Their Work Engraved on Wood By George William Sheldon

American Painters: With Eighty-three Examples of Their Work Engraved on Wood By George William Sheldon: "

In early boyhood THOMAS HICKS who was born at Newtown Bucks County Pennsylvania October 18 1823 had developed a talent for drawing especially for caricaturing The antimasonic campaign was vigorous in Bucks County in those days and Thomas made a sketch admirably adapted to elicit the execrations of every stanch freemason in the neighborhood The village

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Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and ... By Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and ... By Henry Theodore Tuckerman: "

years been to the Falls of Trenton doubtless remembers the landlord and his thriving family They have been very cleverly grouped together by Hicks one leaning against a tree another handling his gun one playful another contemplative and in the background through a leafy vista we have a glimpse of the rushing water the likenesses are recognized at once the attitudes are natural and well varied and there fs a pleasant atmosphere and unity of effect in the whole Quite a variety of this artist

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Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and ... By Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Book of the Artists: American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical and ... By Henry Theodore Tuckerman: "

Among our portrait painters of Quaker parentage is Thomas Hicks born in Newtown Bucks county Pa in 1823 He is a lineal descendant of the famous Elias Hicks whose patronymic is associated with the first serious division in that remarkable body of Christians His young kinsman early began to experiment in limning He tried his hand at portraiture when but fifteen years old He first studied in Philadelphia carefully drawing from the casts of the antique in the Academy and subsequently at the National Academy of New York where for many years he has pursued successfully the career of a portrait painter Attention was called to his claims by the exhibition in 1841 of his first composition the Death of Abel and subsequently by a half length ideal female figure representing Italia He went to Europe in 1845 anc remained four years chiefly at Rome and Paris in the l

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Thomas Crawford: His Career, Character, and Works By Thomas Hicks

Thomas Crawford: His Career, Character, and Works By Thomas Hicks: "

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: Being a Collection of Memoirs ... By John Fanning Watson

Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: Being a Collection of Memoirs ... By John Fanning Watson: "