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Charles W. Hawthorne
1872-1930
Hawthorne is chiefly noted in Provincetown for his perceptive rendering
of the local fishing folk. Here he depicts an elegant young lady engaged
in a demure, feminine pursuit - sewing. This was a popular topic that
was, in a way, the expression of a genteel bourgeois ethos. However, Hawthorne’s
subject is anything but languid: her intent gaze, the active gesture of
her hands enliven the scene, and give it a feeling of immediacy consistent
with the contemporary fact of woman’s suffrage. One can find in the
composition a balance almost like a Dutch interior, reminding us that
Hawthorne spent an important period early in his career studying painting
in that country.
The Collection of the Provincetown Art Association
and Museum, March 3-13, 2000, The National Arts Club, New York, NY;
Curatorial Notes: Tony Vevers
Charles Hawthorne, "Fish Cleaners"
Town Collection
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For more, visit Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, A Painter's Painter: Charles Webster Hawthorne; The Influence of Provincetown and Henry Hensche on Sammy Britt, Gerald DeLoach, Richard Kelso, and George T. Thurmond
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The Fisher Boy, oil on canvas, 39.25 x 39
New Britain Museum of American Art,
Connecticut
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