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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Childe Hassam (1,761 results)
A Shady Spot (Appledore, Isle of Shoals), 1892

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A Shady Spot (Appledore, Isle of Shoals), 1892

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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A Home on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

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A Home on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Lyman’s Ledge, Appledore, 1903

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Lyman’s Ledge, Appledore, 1903

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Phyrne, 1912

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Phyrne, 1912

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton., 1926

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton., 1926

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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The Church at Old Lyme., 1924

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The Church at Old Lyme., 1924

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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An Easthampton Idyll., 1923

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An Easthampton Idyll., 1923

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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House on Main Street, Easthampton., 1922

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House on Main Street, Easthampton., 1922

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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The Old Woodshed, Easthampton., 1929

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The Old Woodshed, Easthampton., 1929

Sale Date: May 11, 2023

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Marie at the Window

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Marie at the Window

Sale Date: April 22, 2023

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CHILDE HASSAM THE BROAD CURTAIN., 1918

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CHILDE HASSAM THE BROAD CURTAIN., 1918

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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CHILDE HASSAM WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FIFTH..., 1916

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CHILDE HASSAM WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, FIFTH..., 1916

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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CHILDE HASSAM THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EAST..., 1920

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CHILDE HASSAM THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EAST..., 1920

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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CHILDE HASSAM THE DUTCH DOOR., 1915

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CHILDE HASSAM THE DUTCH DOOR., 1915

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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House on Main Street East Hampton, 1922

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House on Main Street East Hampton, 1922

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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Washington at Mt. Vernon (or Bowling on the..., 1918

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Washington at Mt. Vernon (or Bowling on the..., 1918

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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Paysage lacustre

Attributed to Childe Hassam

Paysage lacustre

Sale Date: March 1, 2023

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Country Landscape with View of a Church,

Attributed to Childe Hassam

Country Landscape with View of a Church,

Sale Date: February 25, 2023

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A Vermont Village, 1923

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A Vermont Village, 1923

Sale Date: February 10, 2023

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Nymph of the Garden, 1923

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Nymph of the Garden, 1923

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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The Chase House, 1929

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The Chase House, 1929

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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The Rocks of Cape Ann, 1918, Gloucester, MA, 1918

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The Rocks of Cape Ann, 1918, Gloucester, MA, 1918

Sale Date: February 4, 2023

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