Margaret Hicks, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMargaret Hicks
American artist
Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1923
Date of Death: 03-Aug-2006
Profession: painter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Margaret Hicks
- Margaret Turner Hicks (September 28, 1923 – August 3, 2006) was a world-renowned producer and promoter of Miniature Art. Favoring representational art, Hicks painted landscapes and still lifes and the occasional portrait, using small brushes and a magnifying glass to achieve a high level of detail in paintings that were often just 2 to 4 inches wide. Hicks often lectured on Miniature Art and was President of the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington from 1983 to 1988.
- In 1993 she published a miniature book on the topic — measuring just 2 7/8 by 2 5/8 inches — called Art in Miniature.
- As a collector of miniature books, Hicks "felt it would make a lot of sense" to do a miniature book on art in miniature.
- The book covers small-scale painting, sculpture, and engraving.
- All proceeds from the book went to a scholarship program for Washington DC high school students planning to study art. Hicks' paintings and other artwork were exhibited in Washington and Baltimore, London, Japan, and at the U.S.
- Embassy in Gambia.
- Several of her pieces were among the more than 500 works in an international exhibition of miniature art she helped organize at the Smithsonian Institution's S.
- Dillon Ripley Center in 2004. Margaret Turner Hicks was born in Philadelphia.
- She graduated from Temple University and went on to study art in Germany while her husband (now-retired Army Col.
- Stanford R.
- Hicks) was posted overseas.
- She also taught elementary school and tutored soldiers before becoming a full-time artist in 1968, a year after the couple settled in Washington, DC. Hicks was an active leader in her community: President of The American Art League in Washington, member of the Arts club of Washington, Arts for Aging, The Miniature Art Society of Washington and other arts and civic groups.
- In addition to miniature art, she also made jewelry and clothing; her sweaters were known to be especially elaborate.
- She died of cancer on August 3, 2006. "There is something fascinating about the exquisite art of miniature painting.
- The skill of the artist, reflected in the detail and delicate quality of the painting, reveals a world view often overlooked, except by those who take the time to see." — Margaret Hicks, artist's statement
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