Landscape painter, singer and teacher, born in Birmingham, father of the artist Eileen Hickman-Smith. He studied at Birmingham School of Art under Edward Taylor and James Valentine Jelley. Hicky, as he was known, served as a captain in World War I, was for a time a regimental bandmaster and ran seaside concert parties, being an accomplished baritone. He was a poet, wrote books of stories and and was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Exhibited at RA, RBA, PS and widely in the provinces. Was co-founder and secretary of Islington Art Circle, living in Highbury, north London, for many years. He died in Winchmore Hill Hospital.