George Hitchcock, 1887 - Flower Girl in Holland - fine art print

Artwork description from Art Institute Chicago (© - Art Institute Chicago - Art Institute Chicago)

After studying in London, Paris, and at the Hague, George Hitchcock settled in 1884 in the Netherlands, living and working for twenty years in Egmond. Attracted to the region’s landscape and peasant communities, the artist specialized in scenes featuring women in traditional dress set among voluptuous, blooming flowers. Here, Hitchcock revised the environment behind the Dutch flower seller, editing out other houses nearby in favor of a bucolic vista. Although he employed academic techniques such as fine modeling of his figures, Hitchcock nevertheless earned a reputation as a daring colorist for the brilliant hues and open brushwork that likewise characterize his compositions.

Product background information

This 19th century piece of art was created by the impressionist master George Hitchcock in 1887. The more than 130 year old original version measures the size: 79,1 × 147,3 cm (31 1/8 × 58 in) and was crafted with the medium oil on canvas. The original artwork is inscribed with the text: signed, lower left: "Geo. Hitchcock op. XXXV 1-8-8-7". This artwork is included in the Art Institute Chicago's art collection, which is one of the world’s great art museums, housing a collection that spans centuries and the globe. The public domain masterpiece is being included with courtesy of Art Institute Chicago. Besides, the artpiece has the creditline: Potter Palmer Collection. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a ratio of 16 : 9, which implies that the length is 78% longer than the width. The painter George Hitchcock was a North American artist from United States, whose art style can be attributed mainly to Impressionism. The North American artist was born in the year 1850 and deceased at the age of 63 in 1913.

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• Aluminium dibond print: An Aluminium Dibond print is a print material with a true depth effect. The white & bright sections of the original artpiece shimmer with a silk gloss but without the glow.

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