Charles Hopkinson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962
label: Names
content: Shurcliff, Joan Hopkinson
label: Names
content: Shurcliff, William A.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- Massachusetts
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Portions of the collection were loaned for microfilming between 1969-1973. Charles Hopkinson's daughters and granddaughters, Joan Hopkinson Shurcliff, Harriot Rive, Elinor Barr, Mrs. John M. Clarke and Mrs. James Masek, donated additional material in 1973 and 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962
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content: Charles Hopkinson papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of Massachusetts portait painter and watercolorist Charles Hopkinson date from 1892 to 1993 and measure 1.4 linear feet.  The papers are comprised primarily of 17 sketchbooks and loose sketches.  Also found are printed materials and three photographs of Hopkinson, as well as writings about Hopkinson written by his daughter Joan Hopkinson Shurcliff and her husband William Shurcliff.
label: Summary
content: Also found at the Archives is a small miscellaneous manuscript collection of five letters to Chauncey Stillman from Charles Hopkinson.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Portrait and watercolor painter Charles Hopkinson (1869-1962) was active in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Charles Hopkinson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Mary Watson and John Prentiss Hopkinson.  He attended his father's school, Hopkinson School and later Harvard University.   As a result of summers spent sailing and sketching boats in Northeast Harbor, Maine, he developed a love of art.  After drawing cartoons for the Harvard Lampoon, Hopkinson decided to pursue a career as an artist.  He studied at the Art Student's League and Académie Julian.  Charles Hopkinson was noted for his oil portraits but showed his watercolors with the "Boston Five." He exhibited his works in Boston and New York City.

Hopkinson married fellow art student Angelica Rathbone in 1893.  The pair divorced by 1899 while living in France.  Afterwards, Hopkinson travelled to Roscoff, Brittany where he produced many watercolor and oil paintings.  He returned to Massachusetts and married Elinor Curtis in 1903.  Together, they had five daughters, Harriot (Mrs. Alfred Rive), Mary (Mrs. John Heysham Gibbon, Jr. later Mrs. Lovell Thompson), Isabella (Mrs. James Addison Halsted), Elinor (Mrs. James Henderson Barr), and Joan (Mrs. William Asahel Shurcliff).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1892-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hopkchar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as 4 series.

Series 1:  Writings and Notes, 1987-1993 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2:  Printed Material, 1988-1991 (2 folders; Box 1)

Series 3:  Photographs, 1938-1961 (1 folder; Box 1)

Series 4:  Sketchbooks and Artwork, 1892-1957 (1.2 linear feet; Box 1-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Portions of the Charles Hopkinson and Hopkinson family papers were arranged upon receipt and microfilmed onto reel 4782. Later, the collection was donated along with six additional sketchbooks in 1992.  In 2013, Jayna Josefson processed the papers with funding provided by the Archives of American Art.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Material lent for microfilming is available on 35mm microfilm reels N-68-106, 482, 486, 515, 634-639 at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of Massachusetts portrait painter and watercolorist Charles Hopkinson date from 1892 to 1993 and measure 1.4 linear feet.  The papers are comprised primarily of 17 sketchbooks and loose sketches. Also found are printed materials and three photographs of Hopkinson, as well as writings about Hopkinson written by his daughter Joan Hopkinson Shurcliff and her husband William Shurcliff.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming (reels N-68-106, 482, 486, 515, 634-639) including biographical material, family correspondence, writings, business records, printed materials, and 96 sketchbooks. While six of the sketchbooks were later donated, all other loaned materials was returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.