Other names Theo Occupation Artist | Name Theodore Hancock Died July 28, 1989 | |
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Born November 16, 1923 ( 1923-11-16 ) Nationality British, naturalised American. | ||
Theodore ("Theo") Hancock (November 16, 1923 – July 28, 1989) was a British-born, naturalised American, artist, working chiefly in watercolor.
Theo's father was Major Reginald Hancock of Buckinghamshire, England.
He was an official artist to NASA and their Apollo space programme in the 1960s as part of the NASA Art Program. He also undertook commissions for the United States Navy, including journeys at sea on Polaris nuclear submarines.
His work for NASA is now in the collection of the United States' National Air and Space Museum and another piece was owned by Winston Churchill. Others were acquired by the United States Navy Art Collection, the Air Force Space & Missile Museum, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and Agnes Scott College in Georgia.
