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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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

Sale Date: March 8, 2016

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Old Shops, New York, 1902

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Old Shops, New York, 1902

Sale Date: March 8, 2016

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ALONG THE SEINE, BOUGIVAL, 1889

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ALONG THE SEINE, BOUGIVAL, 1889

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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French Quarter Courtyard, New Orleans 11:30 AM, 1927

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French Quarter Courtyard, New Orleans 11:30 AM, 1927

Sale Date: November 21, 2015

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Royal Palms, Melena, Cuba, 1895

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Royal Palms, Melena, Cuba, 1895

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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The Gardener, 1888

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The Gardener, 1888

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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The Cove, Isles of Shoals, 1904

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The Cove, Isles of Shoals, 1904

Sale Date: November 18, 2015

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Andover, Massachusetts, 1930

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Andover, Massachusetts, 1930

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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The Pretty Pool, Bass Rocks, 1919

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The Pretty Pool, Bass Rocks, 1919

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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A New Years Nocturne, New York, 1892

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A New Years Nocturne, New York, 1892

Sale Date: November 19, 2015

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The Old Woodshed, Easthampton, 1929

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The Old Woodshed, Easthampton, 1929

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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The Billboards, New York

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The Billboards, New York

Sale Date: November 4, 2015

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The

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The "Home Sweet Home" Cottage No. 2,..., 1923

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Egeria, 1929

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Egeria, 1929

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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The Little Pool, Appledore, 1915

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The Little Pool, Appledore, 1915

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Santa Barbara, 1927

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Santa Barbara, 1927

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Wayside Inn--Oaks in Spring, 1926

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Wayside Inn--Oaks in Spring, 1926

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Lion Gardiner House, 1920

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Lion Gardiner House, 1920

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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The Church Across The Way (Cortissoz 66), 1916

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The Church Across The Way (Cortissoz 66), 1916

Sale Date: October 24, 2015

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The Rocks of Cape Ann, 1918

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The Rocks of Cape Ann, 1918

Sale Date: November 16, 2015

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The Chase House, Annapolis, 1929

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The Chase House, Annapolis, 1929

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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Spring in Milligan Place, 1927

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Spring in Milligan Place, 1927

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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