About Thomas Hicks
Lived 1823 – 1890 (aged 66). Thomas Hicks was an American painter.
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. He is known for his portrait of Abraham Lincoln that was engraved by Leopold Grozelier. He taught George Bernard Butler and Charles Henry Yewell. He studied with French painter Thomas Couture from 1848 to 1849.
He died on October 8, 1890.
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American painter (1823–1890)
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Thomas Hicks was born on 18 October 1823 in Newtown.
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Thomas Hicks died on 8 October 1890.
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Thomas Hicks was a painter.
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Thomas Hicks was American.
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