Background
Hittel, Charles J. was born on August 4, 1861 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Theodore Henry and Elise C. (Wiehe) Hittel.
Hittel, Charles J. was born on August 4, 1861 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Theodore Henry and Elise C. (Wiehe) Hittel.
Education public and private schools, San Francisco, 1865-1879, University of California, 1879-1881, San Francisco School of Design, 1881-1883, Royal Academy Fine Arts, Munich, 1884-1888, and Munich again, 1889-1892, Academie Julien, Paris, 1892-1893.
Subjects, figures and landscapes. Has 7 large landscapes in American Museum Natural History, New York, and 2 in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California.