Sketch Club, Provincetown

Pauline Palmer (American, 1865-1938) - Sketch Club, Provincetown (Oil on canvas) - Palmer and her husband kept a summer home in Provincetown where Palmer quickly made friends with many of the Portuguese fishermen’s families and used them as subject matter for her paintings. Always ready to learn, even after she had become a well-known artist, Palmer engaged the artist Charles Hawthrone as her instructor during the time she spent in Provincetown…