America's most recognizable naive artist, Edward Hicks was virtually unknown in his own time. Alice Ford writes with sensitivity and creativity about this self-taught artist, his troubled relationship with his father and other Quaker elders, and his deep love for his children and grandchildren.
Edward Hicks, Painter of the Peaceable Kingdom remains the most complete portrayal of the life of the painter, with invaluable information about dates and attributions for this important American artist. Ford makes extensive use of family correspondence and Hicks's own memoirs, giving readers a deeper understanding of this genius and his unparalleled place in American art and iconography.
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Alice Ford is the author of John James Audubon: A Biography, Pictoral Folk Art, New England to California, and other books.
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ON a winter's day in 1783 Elizabeth Twining called her carriage to a halt before a hitching post in Newtown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy affectionate father, humble industry, peaceable kingdom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Hicks, New York, Hicks Coll, John Comly, Phebe Ann, Yearly Meeting, Long Island, Gilbert Hicks, Four Lanes End, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, New Jersey, Isaac Parry, Green Street, Jesus Christ, Noah's Ark, Society of Friends, Penn's Treaty, Richard Price, Squire Hicks, Abraham Chapman, David Twining, Eliza Violetta, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Thomas Hicks New!
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ON a winter's day in 1783 Elizabeth Twining called her carriage to a halt before a hitching post in Newtown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thy affectionate father, humble industry, peaceable kingdom Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Hicks, New York, Hicks Coll, John Comly, Phebe Ann, Yearly Meeting, Long Island, Gilbert Hicks, Four Lanes End, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, New Jersey, Isaac Parry, Green Street, Jesus Christ, Noah's Ark, Society of Friends, Penn's Treaty, Richard Price, Squire Hicks, Abraham Chapman, David Twining, Eliza Violetta, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Thomas Hicks New!
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- The Peaceable Kingdom (Postcard) by Hicks on 12 pages
- The Peaceable Kingdom: Story by Ewa Zadrzynska ; Illustrations by Tomek Olbinski ; Painting from the Brooklyn Museum by Ewa Zadrzynska on page 80, page 107, and Back Matter
- The American Painting by Corcorn Gallery of Art in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- National Gallery of Art: Washington by John Walker on page 80, and Back Matter
- Stage-Coach & Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle in Back Matter
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- Quaker Aesthetics: Reflections on a Quaker Ethic in American Design and Consumption, 1720-1920 by Emma Jones Lapsansky in Back Matter
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