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Archival photograph: Charles Webster Hawthorne demonstrating at an easel on a wharf while his painting class watches, about 1910.

Charles Webster Hawthorne teaching class, about 1910. Unidentified photographer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Keep it odd.

  • Painting: sailboats and dories on a choppy harbour in front of Provincetown houses, in broken strokes of colour.
    Oil on board1916Public domainProvincetown WaterfrontReynolds Beal · Chazen Museum of Art · Wikimedia Commons
  • Painting: a fisherman holding a large fish.
    Painting1925Public domainThe Fish and the ManCharles Webster Hawthorne · Wikimedia Commons
  • Painting: two figures on the beach at Provincetown.
    Painting1916Public domainMan and Woman on the Beach, ProvincetownCharles Demuth · Wikimedia Commons
  • Keep Cape Odd post: the dapper bird as a sticker on dune sand, “Small bird. Big hat.”
    Brand workSet 3LH StudioSmall bird. Big hat.La Hacienda Studio · lahacienda.tv
  • Postcard: painters at easels in a row on the beach at Provincetown, a long wharf behind them.
    Postcard1930–45Public domainArtists at work, Provincetown, Mass.Tichnor Bros. / The Mayflower Sales Co. · Wikimedia Commons
  • Postcard: a lane of flowering gardens and white picket fences between studio cottages.
    Postcard1930–45Public domainStudio gardens, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Mass.Tichnor Bros. / The Mayflower Sales Co. · Wikimedia Commons
  • Keep Cape Odd sticker sheet: six versions of the dapper bird.
    Brand workSet 3LH StudioSix birds. Zero rules.La Hacienda Studio · lahacienda.tv
  • Postcard: Commercial Street with shopfronts, striped awnings and parked cars.
    Postcard1930–45Public domainCommercial Street, looking west, Provincetown, Mass.Tichnor Bros. / The Mayflower Sales Co. · Wikimedia Commons