Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Hitchcock, David Howard May 15, 1861 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

DAVID HOWARD HITCHCOCK, Artist. Imbued with a deep love for his native Hawaii 
and convinced that his best in artistic expression could be developed upon its 
picturesque, colorful shore, D. Howard Hitchcock, noted artist, returned to 
reside in the islands at the completion of his art training abroad, and has 
produced much of his best work here.
  He has painted a number of volcano pictures which are on exhibition in the 
Bishop Museum, and innumerable Hawaiian scenes, many of which have been 
awarded gold medals. These are now to be found in public and private 
collections throughout various portions of the United States, Germany and 
England. In 1893 he had the distinction of exhibiting in the Paris Salon, and 
he was an exhibitor at the Alaska-Yukon Exposition.
  Following his preliminary education at Punahou School and Oberlin College, 
Ohio, Mr. Hitchcock studied art at the National Academy of Design, New York, 
and Julienne Academy in Paris. He studied under Virgil Williams in the San 
Francisco School of Art from 1885 to 1886, and while abroad studied under such 
masters as William Bouguereau, G. Ferrier and others. For several years he was 
president of the Kilohana Art League, and in June, 1924, he won recognition 
from the University of Hawaii when he was granted the honorary degree of 
Master of Arts.
  Mr. Hitchcock is a member of Lodge le Progres de l’Oceanie, F. & A. M.; the 
University Club, and the Salmagundi Club of New York. He was a charter member 
of the Oahu Country Club.
  He was born at Hilo, Hawaii, May 15, 1861, the son of David Howard and 
Almeda E. (Widger) Hitchcock, and grandson of H. R. Hitchcock, who came to 
Hawaii with the missionary group of 1831 and taught among the natives of 
Molokai. He is also a descendent of Matthias Hitchcock of Wiltshire, England, 
who settled in Boston in 1735. In 1898 Mr. Hitchcock married Hester Judd 
Dickson and they have three children, Howard Harvey, J. Dickson and Helen 
Hitchcock.


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