Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872–1930) was an American portrait and genre painter and a noted teacher who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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"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"
It happened to be right at the time when Hawthorne was intently involved in the study of Claude Monet and his application of color according to differnet light, such as Monet's series paintings.
Hawthorne, nevertheless did not always implement in his commissioned paintings the knowledge he had gained from studying Claude Monet - many of Hawthorne's later worksbegan to show his development in color.
Hawthorne's approach, "mudheads", a step further to the "color block studies", which although simple in shape, are quite effective in developing the painter's basic visual ability.
Descended from a prominent Puritan family, Hawthorne was the son of a sea captain who died when Nathaniel was 4 years old.
Hawthorne's stay in England is reflected in the travel sketches of Our Old Home (1863), and a visit to Italy resulted in the novel The Marble Faun (1860).
Aside from his importance as a novelist, Hawthorne is justly celebrated as a short-story writer.
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