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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In an East Hampton garden, 1931

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In an East Hampton garden, 1931

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Mill site and old todal dam, Cos Cob, 1902

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Mill site and old todal dam, Cos Cob, 1902

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Old house, East Hampton, 1917

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Old house, East Hampton, 1917

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Evening, Champ Elysees, 1898

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Evening, Champ Elysees, 1898

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Lady walking down Fifth Avenue, 1902

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Lady walking down Fifth Avenue, 1902

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Veranda of the old house, 1912

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Veranda of the old house, 1912

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Paris Street, 1889

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Paris Street, 1889

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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November, Cos Cob, 1902

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November, Cos Cob, 1902

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Les grands boulevards, Paris, 1897

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Les grands boulevards, Paris, 1897

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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San Pietro, Venice, 1883

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San Pietro, Venice, 1883

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Autumn hilltop, New England, 1906

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Autumn hilltop, New England, 1906

Sale Date: May 24, 1989

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Spring landscape, 1906

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Spring landscape, 1906

Sale Date: May 19, 2005

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Confirmation Day, 1889

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Confirmation Day, 1889

Sale Date: May 19, 2005

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A street in Denia, Spain, 1883

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A street in Denia, Spain, 1883

Sale Date: May 19, 2005

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Golf in early spring, East Hampton, New York, 1931

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Golf in early spring, East Hampton, New York, 1931

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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The toll bridge, New Hampshire, near Exeter, 1906

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The toll bridge, New Hampshire, near Exeter, 1906

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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Paris street scene

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Paris street scene

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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The harbor of a thousand masts, Gloucester, 1919

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The harbor of a thousand masts, Gloucester, 1919

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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Evelyn Benedict at the Isles of Shoals, 1890

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Evelyn Benedict at the Isles of Shoals, 1890

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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Sammie's Beach: Easthampton, 1926

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Sammie's Beach: Easthampton, 1926

Sale Date: May 18, 2005

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Nudes at the cove, 1904

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Nudes at the cove, 1904

Sale Date: April 28, 2005

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New York Public Library, 1917

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New York Public Library, 1917

Sale Date: April 29, 2005

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River landscape

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River landscape

Sale Date: April 11, 2005

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Intérieur à Pont Aven, 1897

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Intérieur à Pont Aven, 1897

Sale Date: March 26, 2005

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