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)
Belgium (Mother and child)

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Belgium (Mother and child)

Sale Date: April 16, 2014

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The Morning Coffee, 1918

Charles Webster Hawthorne

The Morning Coffee, 1918

Sale Date: February 26, 2014

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Girl in the Yellow Dress, portrait of Joan Becker

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Girl in the Yellow Dress, portrait of Joan Becker

Sale Date: December 29, 2013

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Morning Chocolate, 1910

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Morning Chocolate, 1910

Sale Date: October 30, 2013

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Pygmalion (double-sided)

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Pygmalion (double-sided)

Sale Date: August 2, 2013

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Little Sylvia, 1912

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Little Sylvia, 1912

Sale Date: May 22, 2013

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Helen

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Helen

Sale Date: May 8, 2013

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Girl with Peaches

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Girl with Peaches

Sale Date: May 8, 2013

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Girl in Green

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Girl in Green

Sale Date: May 8, 2013

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The Boat Steerer, 1925

Charles Webster Hawthorne

The Boat Steerer, 1925

Sale Date: February 27, 2013

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Half-length portrait of a woman with dark hair...

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Half-length portrait of a woman with dark hair...

Sale Date: January 26, 2013

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Girl with Vase

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Girl with Vase

Sale Date: November 13, 2012

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By the Sea

Charles Webster Hawthorne

By the Sea

Sale Date: September 28, 2012

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Venetian lady

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Venetian lady

Sale Date: March 31, 2012

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Mexican church

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Mexican church

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Rose

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Rose

Sale Date: February 3, 2012

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Woman wearing a sun bonnet - Mudhead, 1899

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Woman wearing a sun bonnet - Mudhead, 1899

Sale Date: January 29, 2012

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Portrait of a young boy

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of a young boy

Sale Date: August 4, 2011

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Untitled (Homescape)

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Untitled (Homescape)

Sale Date: July 17, 2011

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Young girl in a garden

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Young girl in a garden

Sale Date: January 29, 2011

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The morning coffee, 1918

Charles Webster Hawthorne

The morning coffee, 1918

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Portrait of Joan Becker, 1920

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Portrait of Joan Becker, 1920

Sale Date: May 17, 2011

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Edmund Burke Osborne

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Edmund Burke Osborne

Sale Date: September 28, 2010

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Morning chocolate

Charles Webster Hawthorne

Morning chocolate

Sale Date: May 1, 2010

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