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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The chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

Childe Hassam

The chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

Sale Date: March 9, 2010

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Stream in the woods

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Stream in the woods

Sale Date: March 3, 2010

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Billboards, New York street scene, 1896

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Billboards, New York street scene, 1896

Sale Date: July 28, 2009

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The old toll bridge

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The old toll bridge

Sale Date: April 26, 2009

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Le chemin vers la plage

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Le chemin vers la plage

Sale Date: December 16, 2009

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Ledges and bay, Appledore, 1906

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Ledges and bay, Appledore, 1906

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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The white dory, Gloucester, 1895

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The white dory, Gloucester, 1895

Sale Date: December 3, 2009

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Washington scene (St. John's Church), 1926

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Washington scene (St. John's Church), 1926

Sale Date: November 11, 2009

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Sixth Avenue el, nocturne, New York, 1894

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Sixth Avenue el, nocturne, New York, 1894

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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Rainy day

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Rainy day

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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Ocean front, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1890–1895

Childe Hassam

Ocean front, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1890–1895

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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The Mackaye Spectatorium with Iowa Pavillion , 1893

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The Mackaye Spectatorium with Iowa Pavillion , 1893

Sale Date: December 2, 2009

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The old Mulford house, Easthampton, 1926

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The old Mulford house, Easthampton, 1926

Sale Date: November 5, 2009

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Haywagon in the countryside

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Haywagon in the countryside

Sale Date: November 11, 2009

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The writing desk, 1915

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The writing desk, 1915

Sale Date: October 29, 2009

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Easthampton, 1917

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Easthampton, 1917

Sale Date: October 28, 2009

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Polly Kane, 1917

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Polly Kane, 1917

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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A New England barroom (+ Partial etching,..., 1917

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A New England barroom (+ Partial etching,..., 1917

Sale Date: September 24, 2009

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Woodland pond, 1882

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Woodland pond, 1882

Sale Date: September 30, 2009

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Easthampton, 1917

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Easthampton, 1917

Sale Date: September 11, 2009

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Bowling on the green

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Bowling on the green

Sale Date: August 16, 2009

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Mount Vernon, Washington's home, 1932

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Mount Vernon, Washington's home, 1932

Sale Date: June 18, 2009

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Paris, winter day, 1887

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Paris, winter day, 1887

Sale Date: May 21, 2009

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Newport, 1901

Childe Hassam

Newport, 1901

Sale Date: May 21, 2009

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