Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock | |
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Born | 1868 Ohio, U.S. |
Died | June 1942
New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Lucius W. Hitchcock |
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.
Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock was born 1868 in Ohio. [2] 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. [2][ when?]
Hitchcock worked as an illustrator for Harper's Bazaar magazine, [3] Scribner's Magazine, [2] Woman's Home Companion, [2] among other publications.
In 1894, he moved to Buffalo, New York, where he led the Art Students' League of Buffalo. [3] [4] Hitchcock was known for his figure and portrait painting. [4] A year later in 1895, he married Sarah Hyde McNeil of Akron, Ohio, and together the couple lived in Buffalo. [3] He remained teaching at Art Students' League of Buffalo for a decade. [4]
In 1905, Hitchcock moved to New York City to teach at Chase School of Art (now known as Parson School of Design). [2] [5]
He was a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, the Society of Illustrators, Salmagundi Club, and the New Rochelle Art Association. [2]
Hitchcock died at age 73 after a long illness, in New Rochelle, New York in 1942. [2] [6] [7]
A select list of books published with Hitchcock's illustrations, in descending order by year published. [8]
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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.