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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Portsmouth doorway, 1916

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Portsmouth doorway, 1916

Sale Date: September 15, 2006

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Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904

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Old Chinatown, San Francisco, 1904

Sale Date: September 15, 2006

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George Washington at Mount Vernon, or..., 1931

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George Washington at Mount Vernon, or..., 1931

Sale Date: May 21, 2006

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Avenue of the allies, 1918

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Avenue of the allies, 1918

Sale Date: September 26, 2006

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

Sale Date: June 22, 2006

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Bowling on the green

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Bowling on the green

Sale Date: June 7, 2006

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Fruit steamers riding out a blow, off the coast...

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Fruit steamers riding out a blow, off the coast...

Sale Date: May 19, 2006

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Inner Harbor, Gloucester, 1919

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Inner Harbor, Gloucester, 1919

Sale Date: May 19, 2006

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The flower seller, 1889

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The flower seller, 1889

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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Scene in Holland, 1883

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Scene in Holland, 1883

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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Coytesville, 1916

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Coytesville, 1916

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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The nymph of Beryl Gorge, 1914

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The nymph of Beryl Gorge, 1914

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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At sunset, 1909

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At sunset, 1909

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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Against the light, 1910

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Against the light, 1910

Sale Date: May 25, 2006

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White Island light, Isle of Shoals, 1886

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White Island light, Isle of Shoals, 1886

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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The Alhambra (Summer Palace of the Caliphs,..., 1883

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The Alhambra (Summer Palace of the Caliphs,..., 1883

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Fire opals (Lady in furs: Portrait of Mrs...., 1912

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Fire opals (Lady in furs: Portrait of Mrs...., 1912

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Tulip tree blossom, 1930

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Tulip tree blossom, 1930

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Sunrise-autumn, 1885

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Sunrise-autumn, 1885

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Haystacks, 1887

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Haystacks, 1887

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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The rose garden, 1888

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The rose garden, 1888

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Easthampton elms in may, 1920

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Easthampton elms in may, 1920

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Sammie's Beach: Easthampton, 1926

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Sammie's Beach: Easthampton, 1926

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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A Paris nocturne, 1889

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A Paris nocturne, 1889

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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