Surname: Hitchcock Forename(s): George b. 29 September 1850. d. 2 August 1913. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Painter. Born in Providence, Rhode Island. Educated at Harvard University. Studied
art in London, Paris, Düsseldorf, and the Hague. Moved to Egmond-aan-Zee, Netherlands,
in 1883. Painted genre scenes and landscapes of the Netherlands. Exhibited at the
Paris Salon, the 1889 Exposition Universelle, and many other European and American
cities. Received the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph of Austria. Member
of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. Made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Biographical
information: Benezit. (AC, CC)