Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock

Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (December 2, 1868 in Williamsfield Township, Ohio[1]–1942)[2] was an American artist, illustrator and educator, known for his paintings.

[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?]

[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.

[2] Hitchcock died at age 73 after a long illness, in New Rochelle, New York in 1942.

Illustration by L. W. Hitchcock, for the novel The Wild Olive (1910) by Basil King .
Illustration by L. W. Hitchcock, from Harper's Magazine (1907).