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Edward Hicks
Worcester Art Museum

Quaker Quotes

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

The best-known Colonial folk artist was a former Quaker preacher named Edward Hicks.  True to his religious upbringing, Hicks focused on themes of peace.  His favorite subject was "Peaceable Kingdom" based on Isaiah 11:6-8.

key2.gif (90 bytes) Hicks was a folk ("hick") artist.