American
George Hitchcock grew up in Rhode Island, attended Brown University, and studied law at Harvard. Just a few short years after being admitted to the bar in Providence and New York, he abandoned law for art, going abroad to study with renowned teachers, like Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre in Paris and Hendrik Willem Mesdag in the Hague. By 1883, Hitchcock had settled in Holland, making his home near the small village of Egmond aan Zee, which he helped to transform into a significant art colony.
Born
1850
Died
1913