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1869 Cambridge, Massachusetts - 1962 Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known for: Portrait, figure, mod coastal views.
A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist, Charles Hopkinson maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in an appealing, direct... Read full biography
A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist, Charles Hopkinson maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in an appealing, direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career. Many paintings were commissioned by... Read full biography
A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist, Charles Hopkinson maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in an appealing, direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career. Many paintings were commissioned by East Coast institutions, especially Harvard, where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Calvin Coolidge, and John Masefield. He began to draw for the "Lampoon"... Read full biography
A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist, Charles Hopkinson maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in an appealing, direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career. Many paintings were commissioned by East Coast institutions, especially Harvard, where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Calvin Coolidge, and John Masefield. He began to draw for the "Lampoon" upon his entrance to Harvard in 1888, and in 1891, he moved to New York to study at the Art Students' League where he worked with John Twachtman and H. Siddons Mowbray. Hopkinson studied at the Academie Julian in Paris with Edmond Aman-Jean, traveled... Read full biography
A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist, Charles Hopkinson maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in Boston from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in an appealing, direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career. Many paintings were commissioned by East Coast institutions, especially Harvard, where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were Oliver Wendell Holmes, Calvin Coolidge, and John Masefield. He began to draw for the "Lampoon" upon his entrance to Harvard in 1888, and in 1891, he moved to New York to study at the Art Students' League where he worked with John Twachtman and H. Siddons Mowbray. Hopkinson studied at the Academie Julian in Paris with Edmond Aman-Jean, traveled to Brittany, and exhibited in the 1895 Paris Salon. In the late 1890's he worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts and showed his paintings i... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Seascapes, Seasides
- •Snowscene, Winter Landscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Boston Before 1900
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Boston Art Club
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
- •Society of American Artists, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists-
- •The Boston Five
Art Teacher
- •Edmond Aman-Jean
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Carol Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
- •Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Hainsworth Collection
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Official U. S. President Portrait Painter
- •Studio at Fenway Studio Building, Boston
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Armory Show 1913, New York
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts