The Cape Cod School of Art, also known as Hawthorne School of Art, was the first outdoor school of
figure painting
A figure painting is a work of fine art in any of the Painting#Painting media, painting media with the primary subject being the human figure, whether clothed or Nude (art), nude. Figure painting may also refer to the activity of creating such ...
in America; it was started by
Charles Webster Hawthorne
Charles Webster Hawthorne (January 8, 1872 – November 29, 1930) was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899.
He was born in Lodi, Illinois, and his parents returned to Maine ...
in
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, Provincet ...
, in 1898.
The
Hawthorne Class Studio building off Miller Hill Road is on the
List of Nationally Registered Historic Places.
Notable students
References
External links
Several Charles Webster Hawthorne exhibition catalogsfrom The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF)
Art schools in Massachusetts
Education in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Educational institutions established in 1898
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Arts organizations established in 1898
National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
1898 establishments in Massachusetts
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