Edward Hicks
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
1780-1849
Pennsylvania-born Quaker Painter
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Although Edward Hicks was
self-taught, over the years
he acquired advanced
technical ability and
developed a sophisticated
and sensitive understanding
of art. As a creative
painter he was driven
obsessively to create
spiritually significant
imagery with which nourished
the human spirit, celebrate
the word of God and help
conquer his inner demons.
Hicks painted at the time
when both the United States
and modern American
Quakerism were young. He was
an evocative Primitivist and
a spiritual man, who
believed in honesty,
restraint, and contact with
his Inner Light. He had a
genuine spiritual connection
with God and a true
understanding of the
Scriptures. His paintings
overflow with symbols and
contain elements of wrath,
egoism, self-indulgence,
worship and Christ's true
meaning.
He is best know for the
Peaceable Kingdoms he
painted obsessively. The
animals represent Isaiah's
prophecy in the Bible (Isa.
11:6):The wolf shall also
dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with
the kid; and the calf and
the young lion and the
fatling together; and a
little child shall lead
them."
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Readers Comments Hicks is the
greatest folk art master of all time, His vividly fascinating
paintings have captivated me for over thirty years. I recently learned
that there are five versions of Hicks' celebrated series "The Peaceable
Kingdom, I love his naïve primitive style. No matter how much art
schooling the modern artists of today cannot hold a candle to the likes
of Hicks. -- John Horace Kane, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 6/2003
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I turned to painting after losing my left arm working in a fireworks
factory some years ago. I live on a fixed income and am too poor to pay
for art school. My style has often been likened to Matisse, at least by
the folks in my Bible study group. Last July I had a gallery show at the
local coffee house and am please to say that I sold out! My work is
priced between 10.00 and 40.00 dollars each. My painting depict a
biblical paradise where Adam and Eve frolic in a mystical landscape
filled with leopards and other savage beasts of the jungle. I must
confess to being influenced by Hicks' allegorical menagerie. Anna May
Pippen, Dublin, Ireland 7/2003
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