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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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: March 23, 2019

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Reading in Bed, 1915

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Reading in Bed, 1915

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Oak and Old House in Spring, 1931

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Oak and Old House in Spring, 1931

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Lion Gardiner House, 1920

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Lion Gardiner House, 1920

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Girl in a Modern Gown, 1922

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Girl in a Modern Gown, 1922

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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Easthampton, 1917

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Easthampton, 1917

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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BOUQUET OF OAKS, 1907

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BOUQUET OF OAKS, 1907

Sale Date: March 6, 2019

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd...

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd...

Sale Date: February 9, 2019

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Wayside Inn-Oaks in Spring,, 1926

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Wayside Inn-Oaks in Spring,, 1926

Sale Date: November 17, 2018

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BATHER AND CLOUD REFLECTIONS, 1914

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BATHER AND CLOUD REFLECTIONS, 1914

Sale Date: December 6, 2018

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Fifth Avenue, Noon, 1916

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Fifth Avenue, Noon, 1916

Sale Date: December 2, 2018

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Palmer's Dock, 1915

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Palmer's Dock, 1915

Sale Date: November 17, 2018

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EAST HAMPTON

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EAST HAMPTON

Sale Date: November 18, 2018

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Lady in a Garden, 1900

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Lady in a Garden, 1900

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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Spring, 1885

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Spring, 1885

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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A RAINY DAY IN BOSTON, 1885

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A RAINY DAY IN BOSTON, 1885

Sale Date: November 16, 2018

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East Hampton, 1917

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East Hampton, 1917

Sale Date: November 14, 2018

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A Stroll in the Park, 1886

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A Stroll in the Park, 1886

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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A Wet Day (Rainy Day), 1890–1895

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A Wet Day (Rainy Day), 1890–1895

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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The El, New York (Sixth Avenue El--Nocturne), 1894

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The El, New York (Sixth Avenue El--Nocturne), 1894

Sale Date: November 20, 2018

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Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, Maine, 1906

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Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, Maine, 1906

Sale Date: November 19, 2018

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

Sale Date: November 1, 2018

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Church Doorway in Snow, 1916

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Church Doorway in Snow, 1916

Sale Date: October 14, 2018

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