Artist in oil and pastel and teacher, born in London, full name Gerald Anthony William Hicks, married to the artist Anne Hicks. He studied at Slade School of Fine Art, 1944–5 and 1948–50, notable teachers including Randolph Schwabe, William Coldstream, Lucian Freud and William Townsend; and with Walter Bayes in Lancaster and London. Went on to teach at Cotham Grammar School, settling in Bristol, becoming a freelance artist in 1980. Hicks was a Judo 6th Dan which he said “influenced dynamic work”. He did stage designs and murals with his wife, working in the European realist tradition, and they were extensively committed to environmental work. He was chairman of the Bristol City Docks Group, was a member and chairman of the Bristol Civic Society and was vice-chairman of the South-West Council for Sport.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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