An exhibit of rare artwork depicting the history of Provincetown

April 1 to November 30, 2009
Curated by Laurel Guadazno and James Bakker

The exhibition features the 1915 masterpiece by Charles W. Hawthorne, “The Crew of the Philomena.”  Other works on display are by artists Max Bohm, Frederick Judd Waugh, William Halsall and George Elmer Browne.  Hawthorne established the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899 and taught hundreds of artists who traveled to Provincetown to study with him until his untimely death in 1930 at the age of 58.  Bohm was Hawthorne’s teaching assistant.

Listing of the five paintings on loan from the Town of Provincetown Art Collection:

• Max Bohm, “Pilgrim Mural Study”

• George Elmer Browne, Architectural rendering, proposed plan for Provincetown’s 1920 Tercentenary celebration.

• William H. Halsall, “Peaked Hills of Cape Cod”

• Charles W. Hawthorne, “The Crew of the Philomena Manta”

• Frederick Judd Waugh, “Getting Under Way (Old Ironsides)”