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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Flagstone sidewalk, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1916

Childe Hassam

Flagstone sidewalk, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1916

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Paris at twilight, 1887

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Paris at twilight, 1887

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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November - Cos Cob, 1902

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November - Cos Cob, 1902

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Mrs. Holley of Cos Cob, Connecticut, 1912

Childe Hassam

Mrs. Holley of Cos Cob, Connecticut, 1912

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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The mantle piece, 1912

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The mantle piece, 1912

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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The Easthampton elms in may, 1920

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The Easthampton elms in may, 1920

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Star Island, Isles of Shoals

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Star Island, Isles of Shoals

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Scene at the World's Columbian Exposition,..., 1892

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Scene at the World's Columbian Exposition,..., 1892

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Montauk light, 1927

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Montauk light, 1927

Sale Date: November 30, 2005

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Square rigger, 1892

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Square rigger, 1892

Sale Date: November 17, 2005

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Green gate, 1933

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Green gate, 1933

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Avenue of Allies, 1918

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Avenue of Allies, 1918

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Winter, Central Park, 1916

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Winter, Central Park, 1916

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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The old house, Connecticut, 1915

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The old house, Connecticut, 1915

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Sunset, Constables Hook, 1915

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Sunset, Constables Hook, 1915

Sale Date: October 27, 2005

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The home sweet home cottage, no. 2, East..., 1923

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The home sweet home cottage, no. 2, East..., 1923

Sale Date: September 16, 2005

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The old house, CT

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The old house, CT

Sale Date: September 18, 2005

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The church at Old Lyme, 1924

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The church at Old Lyme, 1924

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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Vermont village, 1923

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Vermont village, 1923

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

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St. Thomas, New York, 1918

Sale Date: September 15, 2005

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Cottage in a landscape, 1926

Childe Hassam

Cottage in a landscape, 1926

Sale Date: June 27, 2005

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Mrs. Hassam's garden at East Hampton, 1934

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Mrs. Hassam's garden at East Hampton, 1934

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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