All George Elgar Hicks's oil paintings
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28287 Billingsgate Fish Market Billingsgate Fish Market 1861 Oil on canvas 68.5 x 124.3cm (27 x 49 in) Fishmongers'Hall,London (mk63)
2315 Dividend Day at the Bank of England Dividend Day at the Bank of England Wimpole Hall, Cambridge
81188 Noah's Ark Noah's Ark oil on canvas painting by Edward Hicks, 1846 Philadelphia Museum of Art Date 1846(1846) cyf
28289 The General Post Office One Minute to Six The General Post Office One Minute to Six 1860 Oil on canvas 89 x 135 cm (35 x 53 1/4 in) Museum of London (mk63)
28393 Woman's Mission:Companion of Manhood Woman's Mission:Companion of Manhood 1863 Oil on canvas 76.2 x 64.1 cm (30 x 25 1/4 in) Tate Gallery London (mk63)
George Elgar Hicks
1824-1914 British George Elgar Hicks Gallery Born on March 13, 1824 in Lymington, Hampshire, George Elgar Hicks was the second son of a wealthy magistrate. His parents encouraged Hicks to become a doctor and so Hicks studied medicine at University College from 1840-42. However, after three years "ardous and disagreeable study" Hicks decided he wanted to be an artist. Due to this, Hicks began training as an artist considerably later in life than most artists of the time. In 1843, Hicks attended Sass's Academy and by 1844 had entered the Royal Academy Schools. In 1847 Hicks married Maria Hariss and six of their eight children were born in the seven years following. He did not achieve much success as an artist during this period and later referred to his art at this time as "small and unimportant." He blamed this on the fact he had little time to study art or interact with other artists, due to his busy family life. In 1859, Hicks painted his first large genre painting, Dividend Day. Bank of England (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1859) following the success of Frith's paintings Ramsgate Sands and Derby Day at the Royal Academy. It was a typical genre painting, showing a scene from the Bank of England and featuring a broad range of social classes. Hicks painted several more large modern life paintings in the following years which were generally poorly reviewed by critics. These include The General Post Office. One minute to 6 (1860), Billingsgate Fish Market (1861) and Changing Homes (1862). Hicks paintings were often of subjects that no other artists attempted, such as the General Post Office and Billingsgate Fish Market. Hicks was one of the few artists that showed lasting interest in the emulation of Frith's style and is generally considered Frith's principal imitator. By the late 1860s, the popularity of genre painting had waivered and Hicks began to focus on painting historical subjects, leading to society portraiture in the 1870s. In 1884, Hicks remarried following the death of Maria in 1881. He retired in the 1890s and died a month before the declaration of World War I in 1914. . Related Artists to : | MANTEGNA, Andrea | William henry mander | Lebasque, Henri | Alexander von Humboldt | Clarice Beckett |