Hitchcock Chair Back
1936
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and pen and ink on paper.
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 27.7 cm (14 x 10 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.4566
Art Historical Context
**Hitchcock Chair** *Lawrence Flynn, 1936* Watercolor, colored pencil, gouache and pen and ink on paper, 35.5 × 27.7 cm (14 × 10 7/8 in.) *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* by artist Lawrence Flynn in 1936, this rendering captures the ornate back of a classic Hitchcock chair, a hallmark of early 19th-century American furniture craftsmanship. Lambert Hitchcock's chairs, produced in Connecticut from the 1820s onward, were renowned for their affordable elegance, featuring boldly stenciled motifs like fruits, eagles, and scrolls on black lacquered frames. Flynn's detailed ...
About the Artist
Lawrence Flynn
Lawrence Flynn (1900–1973) was an American artist born in New Haven, Connecticut, where he attended the city's public schools. He pursued formal art training at the Art Students League in New York, studying anatomy under the renowned instructor George B. Bridgman, whose anatomical teachings profoundly influenced generations of artists. Flynn also honed his skills at the Yale School of Fine Arts, t...