Marion Campbell Hawthorne

Marion Campbell Hawthorne (American 1870-1945)

A young artist working at the Shinnecock School run by William Merritt Chase, Marion Campbell met Charles Hawthorne, and they married in 1903.  Their marriage allowed artistic freedom for both parties, and she became noted for her watercolor and gouache paintings that appeared transparent because of her skill in applying thin washes of color across the paper and of achieving great mastery over abstract space. Her work has been described as having "a freshness and beauty that is quite enchanting." It is likely that her work benefited from association with her husband who advocated canvases that "dripped with sunlight."

In 1936, she compiled and published her husband's teaching notes titled Hawthorne on Painting.

She was the wife of famous artist and founder of Provincetown, Massachusetts art community and Cape Cod Art School, Charles Webster Hawthorne. Their only son, Joseph, kept their legacy alive and the world-wide art community today continues to do so today. Their son was also a well-known musician in his own right, starting the Provincetown Symphony Society and music conductor of symphonic orchestras in Chattanooga, TN & Toledo, OH, and Duluth Superior Symphonies.wife of famous artist and founder of Provincetown, Massachusetts art community and Cape Cod Art School, Charles Webster Hawthorne. Their only son, Joseph, kept their legacy alive and the world-wide art community today continues to do so today. Their son was also a well-known musician in his own right, starting the Provincetown Symphony Society and music conductor of symphonic orchestras in Chattanooga, TN & Toledo, OH, and Duluth Superior Symphonies.

Source:

American Art Review, April 2002.

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