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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THE CHURCH AT OLD LYME; INDEPENDENCE HALL, 1924–1925

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THE CHURCH AT OLD LYME; INDEPENDENCE HALL, 1924–1925

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER, 1923

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THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER, 1923

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON, 1916

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON, 1916

Sale Date: October 18, 2016

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Wayside Inn - Oaks in Spring, 1926

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Wayside Inn - Oaks in Spring, 1926

Sale Date: September 23, 2016

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The Chase House (Annapolis), 1929

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The Chase House (Annapolis), 1929

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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The Outer Harbor, Gloucester, 1918

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The Outer Harbor, Gloucester, 1918

Sale Date: September 22, 2016

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The world's columbian exposition, chicago

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The world's columbian exposition, chicago

Sale Date: June 5, 2016

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: May 13, 2016

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Newburgh, NY, 1914

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Newburgh, NY, 1914

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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May in the Garden, 1929

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May in the Garden, 1929

Sale Date: May 7, 2016

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At Sunset Above Newburgh, 1916

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At Sunset Above Newburgh, 1916

Sale Date: May 18, 2016

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St. John's Morning, Washington, D.C., 1926

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St. John's Morning, Washington, D.C., 1926

Sale Date: May 18, 2016

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Spring Morning in the Heart of the City

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Spring Morning in the Heart of the City

Sale Date: April 28, 2016

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INDEPENDENCE HALL (C./C. 260), 1926

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INDEPENDENCE HALL (C./C. 260), 1926

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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THE CHURCH AT OLD LYME (C./C. 233), 1924

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THE CHURCH AT OLD LYME (C./C. 233), 1924

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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VERMONT VILLAGE (C./C. 221), 1923

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VERMONT VILLAGE (C./C. 221), 1923

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER (C./C...., 1923

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THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER (C./C...., 1923

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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SPRING, CENTRAL PARK (C./C. 81), 1916

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SPRING, CENTRAL PARK (C./C. 81), 1916

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON (C./C. 77), 1916

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON (C./C. 77), 1916

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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THE WRITING DESK (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 54), 1915

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THE WRITING DESK (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 54), 1915

Sale Date: April 25, 2016

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House on Main St., Easthampton, 1932

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House on Main St., Easthampton, 1932

Sale Date: March 19, 2016

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Wayside Inn--Oaks in Spring, 1926

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Wayside Inn--Oaks in Spring, 1926

Sale Date: March 8, 2016

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Three Hickories, 1917

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Three Hickories, 1917

Sale Date: March 8, 2016

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1917

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1917

Sale Date: March 8, 2016

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