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George Hitchcock
American 1850 -1913 fl (1850-1913)
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Born: |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Died: |
Island of Maarken, Holland, Netherlands
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Active: |
Holland
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Studied: |
Harvard University London Academie Julien, Paris Dusseldorf The Hague
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Instructors: |
Gustave R. Boulanger Jules Joseph Lefebvre
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Exhibited: |
NYC 1905 Detroit, Michigan 1905 Providence, Rhode Island 1905
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Examples of Work: |
Brooklyn Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence University of Rochester, New York
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Specialty: |
Painter
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Style/School: |
Impressionism
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Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes Peasant Life Women
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Memberships: |
National Academy of Design p. ANA 1909 Franz Joseph Order
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Artist Profile |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
George Hitchcock, born in 1850, had high academic expectations and studied at Brown and Harvard Law School before entering Acadamie Julian in Paris. In 1879 he quit his law practice to study painting there. Hitchcock created I...
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One of the first of his countrymen to draw aesthetic inspiration from Holland, George Hitchcock created depictions of Dutch peasants and fields of flowers that were acclaimed in Continental art circles as well as in the ...
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