Childe Hassam

(American, 1859–1935)

Childe Hassam was an American painter best known for his impressionistic depictions of Boston, New York, and the countryside and coastline of New England. Hassam along with J. Alden Weir and John Henry Twatchman helped introduce what came to be known as American Impressionism to museums, dealers, and younger artists during the 1890s. Among Hassam’s most famous paintings are his depictions of the boisterous flag-draped streets of New York at the onset of World War I. “The man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him,” he once reflected. Born Frederick Childe Hassam on October 17, 1859 in Dorchester, MA, he grew up in a well-to-do family before his father lost his business in a fire. Trained as a draftsman at a wood engraving shop, Hassam opened his own commercial illustration company in 1881. Having already made significant strides in both watercolor and oil painting, in 1886 he traveled to Paris where he studied at the famed Académie Julian. Returning to New York three years later, he began depicting American scenes with the pastel palette and broken brushstrokes of the French Impressionists. The artist died on August 27, 1935 in East Hampton, NY. Today, Hassam’s works are in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others.

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Childe Hassam (1,761 results)
Tulip Tree in Bloom, 1932

Childe Hassam

Tulip Tree in Bloom, 1932

Sotheby's New York

Est. 200,000–300,000 USD

Autumn Boulevard, Paris, 1897

Childe Hassam

Autumn Boulevard, Paris, 1897

Sotheby's New York

Est. 400,000–600,000 USD

View of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 1890

Childe Hassam

View of Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 1890

Sotheby's New York

Est. 800,000–1,200,000 USD

The Bather, ca. 1905

Childe Hassam

The Bather, ca. 1905

M.S. Rau

885,000 USD

The Golf Links, 1926

Childe Hassam

The Golf Links, 1926

M.S. Rau

Price on Request

New York Winter Window, 1919

Childe Hassam

New York Winter Window, 1919

M.S. Rau

Sold

Descending the Steps, Central Park, 1895

Childe Hassam

Descending the Steps, Central Park, 1895

M.S. Rau

Sold

Sterling Turner, 1890

Childe Hassam

Sterling Turner, 1890

M.S. Rau

Sold

Gardiner's Island: The Back Dive, 1921

Childe Hassam

Gardiner's Island: The Back Dive, 1921

M.S. Rau

Sold

California Hills in Spring (The Little..., 1914

Childe Hassam

California Hills in Spring (The Little..., 1914

M.S. Rau

Sold

Ten Pound Island, 1896

Childe Hassam

Ten Pound Island, 1896

M.S. Rau

Sold

The Seine at Chatou

Childe Hassam

The Seine at Chatou

Betty Krulik Fine Art Limited

Sold

Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

Kodner Gallery

Brittany Barns, Perros-Guirec, 1910

Childe Hassam

Brittany Barns, Perros-Guirec, 1910

Sale Date: May 8, 2024

Auction Closed

The Church at Old Lyme, 1924

Childe Hassam

The Church at Old Lyme, 1924

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

Auction Closed

Calvary Church in Snow, 1915

Childe Hassam

Calvary Church in Snow, 1915

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

Auction Closed

Swimmer, Morning--Facing Water., 1916

Childe Hassam

Swimmer, Morning--Facing Water., 1916

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

Auction Closed

The Dutch Door (C. 49), 1915

Childe Hassam

The Dutch Door (C. 49), 1915

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

Auction Closed

Swimmer Evening, Facing Land, 1916

Childe Hassam

Swimmer Evening, Facing Land, 1916

Sale Date: March 22, 2024

Auction Closed

Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

Childe Hassam

Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

Auction Closed

OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

Childe Hassam

OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

Auction Closed

Fire and Rainy Night (Firelight, Boston), 1886

Childe Hassam

Fire and Rainy Night (Firelight, Boston), 1886

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

Auction Closed

Study for 'Outer Harbor, Gloucester', 1918

Childe Hassam

Study for 'Outer Harbor, Gloucester', 1918

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

Auction Closed

Saint Peter's, Near Broadstairs (The Shallows);...

Childe Hassam

Saint Peter's, Near Broadstairs (The Shallows);...

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

Auction Closed

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