ARTIST: Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (New York, Ohio, 1868 - 1942)
NAME: The Seed of the Righteous
YEAR: 1910
MEDIUM: charcoal on paper
CONDITION: Some age toning. Minor foxing. Framed under glass. Wear to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 29 x 20 inches / 73 x 50 cm
FRAME SIZE: 31 x 22 inches / 78 x 55 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
PROVENANCE: Illustration for Good Housekeeping Magazine: The Seed of the Righteous
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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BIOGRAPHY:
Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock was an American artist, illustrator and educator, known for his paintings.Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock was born 1868 in Ohio. He studied at Art Students League of New York and studied at Academie Julian in Paris, with artists Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, and Jean Paul Laurens.Hitchcock worked as an illustrator for Harper's Bazaar magazine, 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. 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).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.