extend to generations before our time because of their
intimate connections to artists of earlier generations and,
in turn, those artists��� connections to other artists earlier
still.
Acknowledged by his peers as the dean of Cape Cod
artists, Robert Hunter
was a student of
Henry Hensche, who
in turn studied under
Charles Hawthorne,
who studied under
Chase, and Chase,
Monet. His second
teacher, ���Uncle��� Ives
Gammell,
studied
under, among others,
William Paxton, who
studied under Jean
Leon Gerome, who
kicked Paxton out of
his studio for spending
too much time at
Giverny with Monet. If we completed the full genealogy
of who studied with whom, it would require a substantial
tome. The paintings found throughout the Hunter house
are mementoes of generations of New England students
who studied under these artists and others.
The view of the living room from the family room. The portrait is by Robert
when the Hunters were engaged in 1968. The chairs under the windows belonged to William McG. Paxton and often appear in his paintings.
HYLAND
