Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock Explained

Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock
Other Names:Lucius W. Hitchcock
Birth Date:1868
Birth Place:Ohio, U.S.
Death Date:June 1942
Death Place:New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Alma Mater:Art Students League of New York, Académie Julian
Known For:Illustration, Painter, Educator

Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (December 2, 1868 in Williamsfield Township, Ohio[1] –1942)[2] was an American artist, illustrator and educator, known for his paintings.

About

Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock was born 1868 in Ohio. He studied at Art Students League of New York[1] and studied at Académie Julian in Paris, with artists Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Jean Paul Laurens.

Hitchcock worked as an illustrator for Harper's Bazaar magazine,[3] Scribner's Magazine, Woman's Home Companion, among other publications.

In 1894, he moved to Buffalo, New York, where he led the Art Students' League of Buffalo.[4] Hitchcock was known for his figure and portrait painting. A year later in 1895, he married Sarah Hyde McNeil of Akron, Ohio, and together the couple lived in Buffalo. He remained teaching at Art Students' League of Buffalo for a decade.

In 1905, Hitchcock moved to New York City to teach at Chase School of Art (now known as Parson School of Design).[5]

He was a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, the Society of Illustrators, Salmagundi Club, and the New Rochelle Art Association.

Hitchcock died at age 73 after a long illness, in New Rochelle, New York in 1942.[6] [7]

Publications

A select list of books published with Hitchcock's illustrations, in descending order by year published.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/540/mode/2up HITCHCOCK, Lucius Wolcott
  2. Web site: Artists: Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock. Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State. 2020-05-19.
  3. Book: Record and Statistics, Yale University Class of 1854. 1854. New Haven, CT. 71. en.
  4. Book: Gerdts, William H.. Art across America: two centuries of regional painting, 1710-1920. 1990-10-15. Abbeville Press. 978-1-55859-033-5. 214. en.
  5. Web site: News. September 12, 1904. Newspapers.com. Buffalo Evening News from Buffalo, New York. 3. en. 2020-05-19. Mr. Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock I finishing several magazine drawing and odd and ends of studio work preparation in rivinr ii r his studio on Franklin Street and departing for New York, to assume the first of the month the mastership of the New York Art Student League School..
  6. Web site: Painter Dies. June 19, 1942. Newspapers.com. Palladium-Item from Richmond, Indiana. 12. en. 2020-05-19.
  7. Web site: Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock. June 20, 1942. Newspapers.com. Daily News from New York, New York. 163. en. 2020-05-19.
  8. Web site: Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (Hitchcock, Lucius Wolcott, 1868-1942). The Online Books Page, UPenn. 2020-05-19.

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