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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An Easthampton Idyll, 1923

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An Easthampton Idyll, 1923

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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The Chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

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The Chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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The "Home, Sweet Home" Cottage, Easthampton, 1921

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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

Sale Date: September 24, 2015

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Uncle Benny's Dune, 1925

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Uncle Benny's Dune, 1925

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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The Audition, East Hampton, 1924

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The Audition, East Hampton, 1924

Sale Date: September 22, 2015

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Rainy Day, Boston, 1885

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Rainy Day, Boston, 1885

Sale Date: September 11, 2015

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Walking on the Pier, Gloucester Harbor, 1895

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Walking on the Pier, Gloucester Harbor, 1895

Sale Date: September 11, 2015

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Auto School, 1916

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Auto School, 1916

Sale Date: June 13, 2015

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Dandy

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Dandy

Sale Date: May 29, 2015

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Spring in Milligan Place, 1929

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Spring in Milligan Place, 1929

Sale Date: May 15, 2015

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Sunny Day, Long Island, 1925

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Sunny Day, Long Island, 1925

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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The lagoon (Venice), 1883

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The lagoon (Venice), 1883

Sale Date: May 20, 2015

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Flowers against a white wall, 1890

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Flowers against a white wall, 1890

Sale Date: May 20, 2015

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

Sale Date: May 21, 2015

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Landscape

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Landscape

Sale Date: May 31, 2015

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Cos Cob, 1902

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Cos Cob, 1902

Sale Date: May 20, 2015

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An Easthampton Idyll, 1923

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An Easthampton Idyll, 1923

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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The

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

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Helen Wills at Easthampton, No. 3, 1928

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Helen Wills at Easthampton, No. 3, 1928

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Helen Wills at Easthampton, No. 1, 1928

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Helen Wills at Easthampton, No. 1, 1928

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Two figures in a landscape, 1888

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Two figures in a landscape, 1888

Sale Date: April 23, 2015

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The little philosopher, 1882

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The little philosopher, 1882

Sale Date: April 23, 2015

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