George Elgar Hicks (1824 - 1914) (49 works)

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George Hicks Elgar (1824 - 1914), English artist of the Victorian era. Considered to be the main imitator of William Powell Frith.

Born 13 March 1824 in Leamington, Hampshire. George Elgar Hicks was the second son of a wealthy judge. Hicks' parents wanted him to become a doctor, and Hicks studied medicine at University College from 1840-42. However, after three years of study, Hicks decided that he wanted to be an artist. In 1844 he entered the Royal Academy Schools.

He retired in the 1890s and died a month before the First World War was declared in 1914.