On life and works of Edward Hicks

Chronicles the life of self-taught nineteenth-century painter Edward Hicks, drawing heavily from family correspondence and Hicks' memoirs.

A full-color guide teachers budding artists how to paint beautiful scenes with 12 step-by-step demonstrations from a master artist.

New York Times Notable Book Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Wall Street Journal—one of five best artist biographies Edward Hopper's canvasses are filled with stripped-down spaces and unrelenting light, evocative landscapes, and the lonely aspects of men and women seemingly isolated in their surroundings. What kind of man had this haunting vision, and what kind of life engendered this art? No one is better qualified to answer these questions than art historian Gail Levin, author and curator of the major studies and exhibitions of Hopper's work. In this intimate biography she reveals the true nature and personality of the man himself—and of the woman who shared his life, the artist Josephine Nivison.

Edward V The Prince in the Tower