Biography
Philip Hicks (b. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK 1928 - d. 2021) attended Winchester College, then Chelsea School of Art and Royal Academy Schools, 1949–54. From 1960–86 taught part-time in art schools in or near London, then concentrated on painting, whilst also playing jazz piano professionally. Group shows included the RA Summer Exhibition from 1957; Contemporary Prints 1970–75, Tate Gallery; Small is Beautiful, Angela Flowers Gallery, 1985; and Separate Easels, Alresford Gallery, Alresford. Had many solo shows after St George’s Gallery, 1956, including Imperial War Museum, 1975, New Art Centre, 1980; Galleri Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden, from 1980; and Heffer’s Gallery, Cambridge, 1992; David Messum Gallery, which latterly represented him, from 1997; and Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, 1999. The Tate, Victoria & Albert Museum, Imperial War Museum and other public and corporate collections hold his works. He was at times both chairman and vice-president of the Artists General Benevolent Institution. He was married to the sculptor Jill Tweed and lived in Oxfordshire.
