George Hitchcock (1850-1913)

Professions: Landscape painter; Genre Painter; Painter; Illustrator

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  George Hitchcock (1850-1913)

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  PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF READER'S DIGEST GEORGE HITCHCOCK 1850-1913 A FIELD OF CROCUSES

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  George Hitchcock (American, 1850-1913) Portrait of a Dutch Woman in a Garden 24 x 18in

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George Hitchcock Biography

(b Providence, RI, 29 Sept 1850; d Marken, 2 Aug 1913). American painter, active in the Netherlands. A descendant of Roger Williams (the founder of Rhode Island), he practised law for several years in New York before deciding in 1879 to become an artist. He studied in Paris with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre, in Düsseldorf, and in The Hague with H. W. Mesdag. He settled in Egmond-aan-Zee, near Alkmaar, in 1883, and was soon widely known for his paintings of religious subjects in contemporary settings and of sunlit views of tulip fields. He returned to the USA only occasionally in later years. Hitchcock’s style, similar to Impressionism, has been appreciated more in Europe than in the USA. A good example of his style is the Blessed Mother (1892; Cleveland, OH, Mus. A.). He received some recognition in the USA, such as election to associate membership in the National Academy of Design, New York, and he was the first American to be made a member of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, and the first to become an officer of the Order of Franz Josef. He was also a chevalier of the Légion d’honneur.

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