Background
Hopkins, James Frederick was born on February 26, 1868 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin and Mary Malinda (Wood) Hopkins.
Hopkins, James Frederick was born on February 26, 1868 in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Benjamin and Mary Malinda (Wood) Hopkins.
Newton High School; graduate Massachusetts Normal Art School, 1889. Spent many seasons abroad, study of schools, galleries and museums.
Instructor, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1889-1896. Director drawing, public schools, Boston, 1896-1906. Director Schools of Art and Design, Maryland.
Institute, Baltimore, 1906-1912.
Director art education for Massachusetts, 1912-1920. Director art efficiency surveys, since 1920.
Active in organizing exhibitions, reorganization of schools and courses of study and in institute work. Delegate 2d International Congress for Promotion of Art Education, Berne, 1904, 3d Congress, London, 1908.
Chairman American representation, and United States delegate 4th Congress, Dresden, 1912.
Member Jury of Art Education, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904.
Married Emma Augusta Asbrand, June 28, 1893.