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.

Childe Hassam Artworks

Childe Hassam (1,761 results)
Camoflage, 1918

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Camoflage, 1918

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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French cruiser, 1918

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French cruiser, 1918

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The writing desk

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The writing desk

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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Mrs. Hassam knitting, 1885–1888

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Mrs. Hassam knitting, 1885–1888

Sale Date: October 27, 2010

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Street vendors, rue des Martyrs, 1898

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Street vendors, rue des Martyrs, 1898

Sale Date: September 29, 2010

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Woodland scene, 1880

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Woodland scene, 1880

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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House on the main street, Easthampton, 1922

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House on the main street, Easthampton, 1922

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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Old lace, a Cos Cob view, 1915

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Old lace, a Cos Cob view, 1915

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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Sunset, Constable's hook, 1915

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Sunset, Constable's hook, 1915

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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Lafayette Street, 1918

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Lafayette Street, 1918

Sale Date: September 17, 2010

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Fifth Avenue, noon, 1916

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Fifth Avenue, noon, 1916

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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The billboards, New York, 1896

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The billboards, New York, 1896

Sale Date: September 16, 2010

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Wintertime in New York, 1893

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Wintertime in New York, 1893

Sale Date: May 1, 2010

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Bowling on the green, 1931

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Bowling on the green, 1931

Sale Date: June 22, 2010

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Landscape with a bridge

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Landscape with a bridge

Sale Date: June 8, 2010

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At the Grand Prix, 1887

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At the Grand Prix, 1887

Sale Date: May 21, 2010

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Harney desert, 1908

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Harney desert, 1908

Sale Date: May 19, 2010

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Woman with a parasol in park, 1891

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Woman with a parasol in park, 1891

Sale Date: May 26, 2010

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Frame mansion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1917

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Frame mansion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1917

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Afternoon, Devon, 1930

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Afternoon, Devon, 1930

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Men o' war-

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Men o' war- "the Blake" and "the Boston", 1893

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Rocks, Isles of Shoals, 1899–1901

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Rocks, Isles of Shoals, 1899–1901

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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Mrs. Hassam at Villiers-le-Bel, 1888

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Mrs. Hassam at Villiers-le-Bel, 1888

Sale Date: May 20, 2010

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