The sun., 1892-01-15
PICTURES sr 1HoMAs Hrcxs, Il 4
Paintings and stsdi-s nv a. EsSneut amer.
lcsn Artist To He SolA At Anetle,.

tcSn Artist To ne SOLD At Auct10N.
1t is bat a few months more than year
now since Thomas Hicks died. leaving behind
him q ma me that will always be honor,d in the
annals OF American art AS one OF the most
eminent OF the early painters OF this century.
the works OF his brush have q peculiar inter-
est TO persons Of taste. who Will ind in ths
collection Of his works, now &c, together ty
his executors. many representative examples
OF talent that placed him hish among the
best known painters OF his day
Mr. Hicks was born Quake. at Newton. Pa.
on Oct 1S 1923. but early csased to observe
the ways OF that sect fSea at the age
OF Is years he showed talent as paints. of
portraits He studied first at the Penn.yl.
yanin Academy OF Pine Arts in PHILADELPHIA
and then at tho Academy o! Design IN this
city. In 1Si5 he went to Europe. where he
studied chiefly under the French master. Cou.
ture. returning to New York four years later.
where he at once took high rank among the
portrait painters Of .he day. While in Rome
in 1s47 Mr.. Hicks painted his Italia" . IA.
length figure.
Two years afte. his return TO New York n.
Eicks was elected q member OF the National
Academy OF Design. and from 1873 to 1ssS5 h.
was Presiden. Of the Artists Fund Society. to
which he contributed many OF his best works
In the present collection OF pictures LEE ty
the artist are several OF his notable portraits
OF distinguished persona Among those who
sat for him were BRYANT LonSteuov.
Washington Irving. Edwin Booth. Ha..
leck. Oliver Wendell Holmes Lincoln. Sew.
ard William NJ. Evarts the Rev. Robert
Coilycr. and Or. Kane. the Arctic explorer
He was always q busy man. and many
pictures. now shown to the public for the s-,s
time in the galleries O: the American Art As
t., k,rJ
the fruits OF his summers studies near his
home a. Trenton Falls and elsewhere. There
are number OF genre subjects also. and son.
studies in still life and fruits.
Among the portraits included in the present
exhibition is the large picture Of DR.. Elisha K.
Kane. clothed in furs and seated in the cat!n
OF the Advance: portraits Of the Rev. Or. VIII
liam Ormiston. the Rev. DR.. Robert Col!ye,,
Edwin Booth as Ricteli-. and Washington
Irving at Sunnyside. Besides these are copies
OF Remb.andt's Jew and Rabbi" in the NJ
tional Gallery. London. and q fac-simile copy
OF Stuart's Washington in the Boston Museum
OF Fine Arts.
These titles OF some Of the pictures IN u.
present notable collection will serve to signify
the character of the subjects with which tho
painter occupied his brush in his summer Ell.
cursions into the country: Autumn on the
Black River" "on Bateman's Point. New.
port" "A Favorits Nook at Thornwoed."
"o!d Pennsylvania Kitchen" BRITTANY
Peasants "Birches at Thcrnwood." Wood
Interior Street in Pont- Aven. Brittany"
STUDY near Elberon." Water Lilies and
Marsh Mallows." October Day in the Woods"
Pine Tree and Rocks, Lake Georze." A
Winter Walk" and THE Path Through the
Woods" Other pictures that may oe named
as notable are the St John in TIE Desert"
Renewing the Old Love-" "A S:hool Girl"
The Cavalier" and Happy Childhood"
There are altogether sixty-nile admirable
paintings and studies shown at the American
Art Galleries. where they will te on exhibition
until the evening Of Thursday. Jan. 2l. when
they will be sold at auction bJ Mr.. Kirby. The
occasion is one Of unusual Interest to tho con.
noisseur. the student. and collector Of Ameri-
can painters