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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Independence Hall, 1926

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Independence Hall, 1926

Sale Date: April 5, 2013

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Extensive landscape with river, 1917

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Extensive landscape with river, 1917

Sale Date: April 11, 2013

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Montauk fisherman, 1921

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Montauk fisherman, 1921

Sale Date: April 11, 2013

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: March 16, 2013

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton, 1926

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton, 1926

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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

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

Sale Date: March 7, 2013

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Helen Wills at East Hampton No. 1

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Helen Wills at East Hampton No. 1

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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Parc Monceaux, Paris, 1888–1889

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Parc Monceaux, Paris, 1888–1889

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Sketch of sled, 1886

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Sketch of sled, 1886

Sale Date: December 2, 2012

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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Sunlight Brook, 1908

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Sunlight Brook, 1908

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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The Bartlett Garden, Amagansett, Long Island, 1933

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The Bartlett Garden, Amagansett, Long Island, 1933

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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The Cathedral and Fifth Avenue in June, 1893

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The Cathedral and Fifth Avenue in June, 1893

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Sailing on Calm Seas, 1900

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Sailing on Calm Seas, 1900

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Rainy Day, On the Avenue, 1893

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Rainy Day, On the Avenue, 1893

Sale Date: November 28, 2012

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Old Lace, 1915

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Old Lace, 1915

Sale Date: November 17, 2012

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The White Kimono, 1915

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The White Kimono, 1915

Sale Date: October 23, 2012

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Chase House, 1929

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Chase House, 1929

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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

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

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Portsmouth Doorways, 1916

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Portsmouth Doorways, 1916

Sale Date: September 7, 2012

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Coastline, 1903

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Coastline, 1903

Sale Date: July 1, 2012

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Promenade familiale sur les falaises

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Promenade familiale sur les falaises

Sale Date: June 19, 2012

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Wintertime In New York, 1893

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Wintertime In New York, 1893

Sale Date: June 12, 2012

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