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PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY George HITCHCOCK

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PEN/INK PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY G. HITCHCOCK, 12" X 16"SIGHT George HITCHCOCK (1850-1913) Birth place: Providence, RI Death place: Island of Maarken, Holland Addresses: Paris/Holland Profession: Painter, illustrator Studied: Brown Univ.; Harvard Law School; with Sutter Palmer in London, 1879; Acad. Julian, Paris, with Boulanger and Lefebvre, 1879, 1882; Düsseldorf; H. Mesdag at the Hague in Holland. Exhibited: Boston AC, 1881, 1883; PAFA, 1881, 1889, 1898-04, 1909; NAD, 1885-88; Paris Salon, 1887-90, 1899; AIC; SNBA,1898; Am. A. Assn., 1887 (gold); Paris Expo., 1889 (gold); Columbia Expo., Chicago, 1893 (med.); Berlin, 1896 (med.); Dresden, 1897 (med.); Vienna, 1898 (med.); Munich, 1900 (med.); Corcoran Gal., 1907-08, 1910. Awards: Order of Franz Josef. Member: ANA, 1909; Munich Secession; Paris S.A.P; Vienna. Work: AIC; RISD; Brooklyn Mus.; Dresden Gal.; McCullough Gal., London; Municipal Gal., Alkmaar, Holland; Albright Art Gal., Buffalo; CAM; Herron AI; AI Minneapolis. Comments: He quit his law practice in late 1879, studied painting in Europe, and quickly won recognition for his Impressionist pictures of the brilliantly-colored tulip fields of Holland, often featuring Dutch peasant women in their beautiful costumes. He became known as the painter of sunlight." An expatriate, he traveled frequently, usually spending his winters in Paris and his springs and summers in Holland. In Holland, his houseboat was named "The Tulip."

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