HITCHCOCK

hitchcock, george (1850- ), american artist, was born at providence, rhode island, in 1850. he graduated from brown university in 1872 and from the law school of harvard university in 1874; then turned his attention to art and became a pupil of boulanger and lefebvre in paris. he attracted notice in the salon of 1885 with his "tulip growing," a dutch garden which he painted in holland. he had for years a studio at egmond, in the netherlands. he became a chevalier of the legion of honour, france; a member of the vienna academy of arts, the munich secession society, and other art bodies; and is represented in the dresden gallery; the imperial collection, vienna; the chicago art institute, and the detroit museum of fine arts.