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Finding Aid for the Charles W. Hawthorne Papers, 1904-1947 MS.05
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Summary Information
- Repository
- The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives10 East 71st Street
New York, NY, 10021
archives@frick.org
© 2010 The Frick Collection. All rights reserved. - Creator
- Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930.
- Title
- Charles W. Hawthorne Papers
- ID
- MS.05
- Date
- 1904-1947
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Abstract
- Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research material regarding the work of American painter and founder of the Cape Cod School of Art, Charles W. Hawthorne.
Preferred Citation
Charles W. Hawthorne Papers. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.
Biographical Note
Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872-1930), an American portrait and genre painter and teacher, founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. The son of a sea captain, he was born in Illinois on January 8, 1872 and grew up in Maine. Hawthorne moved to New York in 1894 to attend the Art Students League as a night student. He began studying under William Merritt Chase in 1896 and attended his outdoor painting classes at Shinnecock, Long Island.
Hawthorne spent a year abroad in 1898, traveling to Holland and Italy. His time there inspired him to open his own school. He founded the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1899. The school, dedicated to outdoor figure painting, proved very successful and influential, attracting many well-known artists. Hawthorne directed the school until his death in 1930.
Hawthorne is known for his genre scenes (he was intrigued by the Portuguese fishing families from Provincetown) and his portraits. He won numerous awards for his painting, including those from the National Academy of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and his paintings were collected by prominent museums during his lifetime.
Hawthorne spent his summers in Provincetown, Mass., and his winters in New York City, with occasional travel to Italy or Paris to paint. He married Marion Campbell and they had one son, Joseph C. Hawthorne.
Scope and Content Note
The Charles W. Hawthorne papers measure 0.5 linear feet and date from 1904-1947. The papers provide researchers with information about the work of American painter and instructor, Charles W. Hawthorne (1872-1930). Found in the collection are letters, telegrams, newspaper clippings, photographs, research material and printed material.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material with newspaper clippings forming the bulk. These clippings are arranged by artwork or date and discuss his paintings and exhibitions. A small amount of correspondence is included, mainly incoming telegrams regarding the granting of awards or the sale of artwork. There is one outgoing draft letter to a Mrs. Sibley and several letters written to his wife, Marion Campbell Hawthorne, after his death. The remainder of the collection consists of printed and research materials, including one folder of Elizabeth McCausland's correspondence and provenance forms regarding her attempts to locate information about Hawthorne for a catalog of a 1947 exhibition, and one folder of lists and notes created by his wife that attempt to date his work.
This collection does not illuminate the personal life of Charles W. Hawthorne, nor does it contain information about his role as founder of the Cape Cod School of Art; however, the newspaper clippings may serve those seeking the public opinion of his career as an American artist.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org.
Provenance
Gift of Joseph C. Hawthorne, 1948.
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Shannon Yule, 2008.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Charles Webster and Marion Campbell Hawthorne papers, 1870-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Correspondence.
- Newspaper clippings.
- Photographs.
Personal Name(s)
- Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930.
Subject(s)
- Art, American.
- Genre painters.
- Portrait painters.
Collection Inventory
| 1 | 1 |
Award - Carnegie Institute Honorable Mention certificate for
Venetian Girl
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1908 | |
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Cape Cod School of Art brochure
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Correspondence - Art Institute of Chicago
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Telegram regarding award of Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal for A Sculpture in the Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture. |
1918 | |
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Correspondence - Carnegie Institute International Jury (John W. Beatty)
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Telegram regarding award of Honorable Mention for Venetian Girl. |
1908 | |
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Correspondence - Corcoran Gallery of Art (C. Powell Minnigerode)
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Regarding Planogravure reproductions of his painting, The Morning Bath, on exhibit there. |
1917 | |
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Correspondence - Macbeth, William (Macbeth Galleries)
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Three telegrams regarding the sale of Adoration; award of Pennsylvania Academy Temple Gold Medal for Provincetown Fisherman; and award of Isidore Gold Medal and Altman First Prize for The Offering. |
1914-1915 | |
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Correspondence - National Academy of Design
Scope and Contents note
Written to Marion Campbell Hawthorne (wife) regarding their purchase of the The Offering. |
1931 | |
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Correspondence - Peirce, Eunice Jameson (Mrs. J. D.)
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Written to Marion Campbell Hawthorne (wife) regarding her memory of the simultaneous portrait-painting between Hawthorne and Wayman Adams. |
1933 | |
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Correspondence - Pennsylvania Academy (John Andrew Myers)
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Telegram re: award of Temple Gold Medal for Provincetown Fisherman. |
1915 | |
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Correspondence - Sibley, Mrs. (outgoing draft)
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Regarding Portrait of John Noble. |
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Exhibition Announcements
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1921, 1928 | |
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Lists and notes of Hawthorne's paintings and their dates made by his wife, Marion Campbell Hawthorne
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Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents note
Contains printed material (clippings, bulletins) a Frick Art Reference Library research note, and an unidentified essay. |
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Newspaper clippings -
Adoration
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1917 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
American Motherhood
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1926 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The Captain
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1924-1929 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The First Mate
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1925-1927 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The Fish and the Man
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1926-1927 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The Fish, the Bottle and the Boy
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1926-1929, 1943 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Fisherman's Wife
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1912, 1924 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The Mother
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1916-1917 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Nellie
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1919-1920, 1926 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
The Offering
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1915-1916, 1925 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Portrait of Wayman Adams
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1921 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Portrait of Arthur T. Aldis
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1924-1925 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Portrait of Dean Thomas Arkle Clark
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1927-1928 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Portrait of Albin Polasek
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1917-1949 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Portrait of a Portuguese Gentleman
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1927-1928 | |
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Newspaper clippings -
Twilight
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1918, 1920 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1904-1905 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1910 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1911 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1913 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1915 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1916 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1917 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1918-1919 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1920-1921 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1922-1923 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1924, 1926 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1927-1929 | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1930s | |
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Newspaper clippings
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1940s | |
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Newspaper clippings
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Newspaper clippings - French and German language
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1904, 1913 | |
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Photographs - Charles W. Hawthorne with his portrait of Dr. Herbert L. Willet
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Photographs - Art Institute of Chicago exhibition installation
Scope and Contents note
Four photographs picturing The Widow, Twilight, Portrait of Albin Polasek, and Two Fisherman. |
1918 | |
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Photographs - Unidentified exhibition installation
Scope and Contents note
Five photographs. |
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Research Material of Elizabeth McCausland
Scope and Contents note
McCausland's correspondence with museums regarding obtaining biographical and provenance information for Hawthorne paintings. Also contains the provenance forms filled out by the museums for her use in creating the catalog, Charles W Hawthorne: An American Figure Painter, for the memorial exhibition of his paintings at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. |
1947 | |
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