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'''Charles Sydney Hopkinson''' (July 27, 1869 - October, 1962) A portrait painter and landscape watercolorist. He maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in [[Boston]] from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in a direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career.  
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'''Charles Sydney Hopkinson''' (July 27, 1869 - October, 1962) An American portrait [[painter]] and landscape watercolorist. He maintained a studio in the Fenway Studios building in [[Boston]] from 1906 to 1962. He painted over 800 portraits in a direct style with a palette gradually lightening through his career.  
    
Many of his paintings were commissioned by East Coast institutions, especially [[Harvard University]], where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]], [[Calvin Coolidge]], and [[John Masefield]].  
 
Many of his paintings were commissioned by East Coast institutions, especially [[Harvard University]], where he acted as house portraitist. Among his sitters were [[Oliver Wendell Holmes]], [[Calvin Coolidge]], and [[John Masefield]].  
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