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Edward Hicks

Edward Hicks. By Justin Marasigan. Edward Hicks’ Early Life. Edward Hicks lived from 1780-1849 in Attleboro, Pennsylvania His mother’s close friend raised him and taught him Quaker beliefs

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Edward Hicks

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  1. Edward Hicks By Justin Marasigan

  2. Edward Hicks’ Early Life Edward Hicks lived from 1780-1849in Attleboro, Pennsylvania His mother’s close friend raised him and taught him Quaker beliefs When he was 13 years old, he lived with coach makers William and Henry Tomlinson and learned the craft of coach painting At 20, he lived on his own as a house and coach painter He wasn’t happy with his life, so he became a Quaker

  3. Working Career Edward Hicks traveled throughout Pennsylvania as a Quaker preacher He needed money to travel, so he made paintings and traded them to earn money Decorative painting became Hicks’ main way of earning money It was hard for Edward Hicks to be a preacher and painter at the same time, so he transitioned into a life of painting

  4. Painting He expressed his religious beliefs in his paintings Edward Hicks used his paintings to define his central interest: the search for a redeemed soul

  5. Artistic Styles Edward Hicks’s work has similarities from painting to painting for example Peaceable Kingdom and The Residence of David Twining both show how humans and animals interact Calmness and peace characterize Edward’s compositions The shapes and forms in his paintings are organic and soft Hick’s usually paints outdoor scenes when the sun is shining

  6. Major Influences • Edward Hicks admired William Penn • Hicks’ work was majorly influenced by a specific Quaker belief known as Inner Light • Inner Light belief: People can achieve salvation by working and living together in peace even though they are different • His paintings included both humans and animals to represent the Inner Light belief • Animals and human interacting together in peace even though they are physically different

  7. These are examples of paintings showing animals and humans working together and the belief of the Inner Light.

  8. William Penn’s Treaty with the Indians This painting also expresses the belief of Inner Light since the Americans and Indians (different people) were trying to work and live together peacefully.

  9. Peaceable Kingdom This painting shows Quaker ideals Hicks painted 61 versions of it It included animals and children

  10. Peaceable Kingdom These are two of the 61 versions that Edward Hicks painted.

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