Charles Webster Hawthorne

(American, 1872–1930)

Charles Webster Hawthorne was an American artist known for his lushly painted portraits and landscapes. Some of his most admired works are depictions of the seaside around Provincetown, MA. “It is so hard and long before a student comes to a realization that these [first] few large simple spots in right relations are the most important things in the study of painting,” he once explained. “They are the fundamentals of all painting.” Born on January 8, 1872 in Lodi, IL, he was raised in Maine before moving to New York at the age of 18. While working as an office clerk during the day, Hawthorne studied drawing and painting in the evenings at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. Of all his teachers, the most influential was William Merritt Chase, Chase taught the young artist the importance of starting a painting with large tonal values. In 1899, Hawthorne himself had begun teaching, founding the Cape Cod School of Art that same year. He continued to teach in Provincetown each summer until his death on November 29, 1930 in Baltimore, MD. In 1938, the influential book Hawthorne on Painting, was published, it was composed of the accumulated writings of the artist, collected by his widow Marion Campbell Hawthorne. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Charles Webster Hawthorne (217 results)
Portrait of a Young Girl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a Young Girl

Sale Date: April 25, 2021

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Portrait of Ruth Wilkerson

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of Ruth Wilkerson

Sale Date: April 10, 2021

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Portrait of a Young Girl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a Young Girl

Sale Date: November 7, 2020

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THE BLACK HAT

Charles Webster Hawthorne

THE BLACK HAT

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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THE WAITING

Charles Webster Hawthorne

THE WAITING

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Granada Hills

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Granada Hills

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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Town Scene, 1917

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Town Scene, 1917

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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THE FAMILY, 1915

Charles Webster Hawthorne

THE FAMILY, 1915

Sale Date: June 26, 2020

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Portrait of a Girl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a Girl

Sale Date: November 9, 2019

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Portrait of a Little Girl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a Little Girl

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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Garden Fence

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Garden Fence

Sale Date: October 27, 2018

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Provincetown #5, c. 1929

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Provincetown #5, c. 1929

Sale Date: April 26, 2018

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Afternoon Rest

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Afternoon Rest

Sale Date: April 14, 2018

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San Antonio

Charles Webster Hawthorne

San Antonio

Sale Date: April 14, 2018

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Misty morning

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Misty morning

Sale Date: January 30, 2018

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The Yellow Shawl, 1903

Charles Webster Hawthorne

The Yellow Shawl, 1903

Sale Date: November 20, 2017

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Portrait of a woman with a yellow shawl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a woman with a yellow shawl

Sale Date: November 18, 2017

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Plein Air in Provincetown

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Plein Air in Provincetown

Sale Date: November 11, 2017

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THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER

Charles Webster Hawthorne

THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER

Sale Date: October 29, 2017

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Lady with basket of roses

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Lady with basket of roses

Sale Date: October 24, 2017

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Portrait of a woman with a yellow shawl

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a woman with a yellow shawl

Sale Date: August 4, 2017

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Portrait of Josephine Flagg Boyer, 1910

Attributed to Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of Josephine Flagg Boyer, 1910

Sale Date: June 3, 2017

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Mother and Child

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Mother and Child

Sale Date: May 4, 2017

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ACAMPORA (GIRL DRESSED FOR COMMUNION), 1914

Charles Webster Hawthorne

ACAMPORA (GIRL DRESSED FOR COMMUNION), 1914

Sale Date: April 7, 2017

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