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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Old shops, New York, 1902

Childe Hassam

Old shops, New York, 1902

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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Fifth Avenue, noon, 1916

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Fifth Avenue, noon, 1916

Sale Date: September 22, 2011

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European street scene, 1883

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European street scene, 1883

Sale Date: September 9, 2011

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Bowling on the green (from Twenty..., 1932

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Bowling on the green (from Twenty..., 1932

Sale Date: September 9, 2011

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Bowling on the green (from Twenty..., 1931

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Bowling on the green (from Twenty..., 1931

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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Coastline, 1903

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Coastline, 1903

Sale Date: June 9, 2011

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East course, Maidstone club, 1926

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East course, Maidstone club, 1926

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Quai St. Michel, 1888

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Quai St. Michel, 1888

Sale Date: May 19, 2011

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Altheas, 1920

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Altheas, 1920

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Celia Thaxter's garden, 1890–1893

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Celia Thaxter's garden, 1890–1893

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Portrait of Mrs. Corbett, 1908

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Portrait of Mrs. Corbett, 1908

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Paris in winter, 1889

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Paris in winter, 1889

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Celia Thaxter's garden, Appledore,..., 1890–1893

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Celia Thaxter's garden, Appledore,..., 1890–1893

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Old Indian trail to the sea, 1906

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Old Indian trail to the sea, 1906

Sale Date: May 24, 2011

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The alarm, firelight, Boston, 1886

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The alarm, firelight, Boston, 1886

Sale Date: April 28, 2011

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A view of the World's Columbian expo, Chicago, 1893

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A view of the World's Columbian expo, Chicago, 1893

Sale Date: April 6, 2011

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Walt Whitman's birth-place, 1927

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Walt Whitman's birth-place, 1927

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Church tower, Portsmouth, 1921

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Church tower, Portsmouth, 1921

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Madonna of the North End, 1916

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Madonna of the North End, 1916

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Church doorway, snow, 1916

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Church doorway, snow, 1916

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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The old toll bridge, 1915

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The old toll bridge, 1915

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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The little church around the corner, 1923

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The little church around the corner, 1923

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Calvary church in the snow, 1915

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Calvary church in the snow, 1915

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Wayside Inn - Oaks in spring, 1926

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Wayside Inn - Oaks in spring, 1926

Sale Date: January 28, 2011

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