Record #:

19295

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Mary Lyde Hicks, born in Faison in 1866, was a daughter of Capt. H. F. Hicks of the 20th North Carolina Regiment. In her 'teens she married Marshall Williams. She early exhibited artistic skills at St. Mary's in Raleigh. She later studied portraiture under Fisher in Washington and Alexander in New York City. She now ranks as the state's outstanding painter of portraits. Her work is found in many towns across the state, including the State Building in Raleigh, Wake Forest College, UNC at Chapel Hill, and beyond to the walls of the Confederate Museum in Richmond where numerous examples of her portraits hang.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 35, Jan 1944, p7, 29-30, por

Subject(s):

Hicks (Williams), Mary Lyde, 1866-1959; Portrait painters--Faison