I was struck by the term "mudheads"
in another post and decided to dig deeper into the Hawthorne/Hensche tradition.
I found an excellent site
www.thehenschefoundation.org that might interest any other artists intrigued by the colorists.
Quote:
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The beauty of a picture results from the way spots of color are brought together. -Hawthorne
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It's an excellent site, full of both anecdotes and images.
The lineage: William Merritt Chase taught Charles Hawthorne, taught Henry Hensche, taught many, including Nelson Shanks and Cedric Egeli. Baumgaertner studied with Egeli.
Danni Dawson, who apprenticed with Nelson Shanks, suggested a simple exercise that apparently came directly from Hensche: paint three blocks, one red, one yellow and one blue, set them outdoors and paint them in different light "keys" (morning light key, high noon light key, gray day light key, et cetera.)