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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Blossoms, 1880–1885

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Blossoms, 1880–1885

Sale Date: May 24, 2006

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Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1926

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Independence Hall, Philadelphia, 1926

Sale Date: May 4, 2006

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House on Main Street, East Hampton, 1922

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House on Main Street, East Hampton, 1922

Sale Date: April 23, 2006

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The linden tree, 1916

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The linden tree, 1916

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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New York bouquet, 1917

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New York bouquet, 1917

Sale Date: May 1, 2006

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Old Mulford house (+ Giant elm,..., 1926–1929

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Old Mulford house (+ Giant elm,..., 1926–1929

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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The writing desk, 1915

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The writing desk, 1915

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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St.Thomas, New York, 1918

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St.Thomas, New York, 1918

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Toby's, Cos Cob, 1915

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Toby's, Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Sunset, Constable's Hook, 1915

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Sunset, Constable's Hook, 1915

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Battery Park, 1916

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Battery Park, 1916

Sale Date: March 6, 2006

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The writing desk, 1915

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The writing desk, 1915

Sale Date: March 6, 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: March 5, 2006

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Mount Vernon, Washington, 1932

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Mount Vernon, Washington, 1932

Sale Date: March 3, 2006

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Maples in early spring, 1931

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Maples in early spring, 1931

Sale Date: March 3, 2006

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

Sale Date: March 3, 2006

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Flagstone sidewalk, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1916

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Flagstone sidewalk, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1916

Sale Date: March 1, 2006

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View of a town, Massachusetts, 1881

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View of a town, Massachusetts, 1881

Sale Date: March 2, 2006

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Yuma, Arizona, 1927

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Yuma, Arizona, 1927

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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Wild cherry tree, 1918

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Wild cherry tree, 1918

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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The little schoolhouse, Land of Nod (+ 2..., 1918

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The little schoolhouse, Land of Nod (+ 2..., 1918

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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North River, 1917

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North River, 1917

Sale Date: February 10, 2006

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