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Edward Hicks  American  1780 -1849
Born: Langhorne, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died: Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States 
Addresses:  Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States  
Exhibited: "The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks," Rockefeller Folk A 1999
Examples of Work: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, VA 
Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Denver Art Museum 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Newark Museum, New Jersey 
Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Yale University Art Gallery 
Specialty: Instructor
Painter
Sign Painter
Style/School: Folk Painting
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
History
Religion
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Entirely self taught, and employing a primitive style of painting, Edward Hicks matured from a sign painter into one of the most significant American folk artists.

He was born in 1780 in what is now Langhorne, P... (More)


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