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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West Course, Maidstone

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West Course, Maidstone

Sale Date: July 26, 2003

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Roodtop garden, Paris, 1888–1888

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Roodtop garden, Paris, 1888–1888

Sale Date: May 22, 2003

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Incoming tide, 1919–1919

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Incoming tide, 1919–1919

Sale Date: May 22, 2003

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Walk around the island, 1890–1890

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Walk around the island, 1890–1890

Sale Date: May 21, 2003

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Canterbury, 1889–1889

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Canterbury, 1889–1889

Sale Date: May 21, 2003

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The horses of Actaeon, Montauk, 1921–1921

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The horses of Actaeon, Montauk, 1921–1921

Sale Date: May 21, 2003

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Home sweet home cottage, 1917–1917

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Home sweet home cottage, 1917–1917

Sale Date: May 21, 2003

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Beal's Camp, Montauk, 1921–1921

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Beal's Camp, Montauk, 1921–1921

Sale Date: May 16, 2003

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920–1920

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920–1920

Sale Date: May 2, 2003

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The billboards, New York, 1896–1896

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The billboards, New York, 1896–1896

Sale Date: May 2, 2003

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Toledo, 1910–1910

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Toledo, 1910–1910

Sale Date: April 30, 2003

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The house on Main Street, Easthampton, 1922–1922

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The house on Main Street, Easthampton, 1922–1922

Sale Date: April 30, 2003

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Green gate

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Green gate

Sale Date: April 30, 2003

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The billboards, New York, 1896–1896

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The billboards, New York, 1896–1896

Sale Date: April 30, 2003

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920–1920

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920–1920

Sale Date: April 29, 2003

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The afternoon walk

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The afternoon walk

Sale Date: March 20, 2003

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918–1918

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Avenue of the Allies, 1918–1918

Sale Date: March 4, 2003

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Autumn boulevard, Paris

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Autumn boulevard, Paris

Sale Date: December 5, 2002

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Sunset, Old Lyme, 1916–1916

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Sunset, Old Lyme, 1916–1916

Sale Date: December 4, 2002

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

Sale Date: November 12, 2002

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New York skyline, light buildings, 1918–1918

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New York skyline, light buildings, 1918–1918

Sale Date: November 12, 2002

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Early morning, Old Lyme, 1905–1905

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Early morning, Old Lyme, 1905–1905

Sale Date: October 24, 2002

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Portsmouth doorway, 1916–1916

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Portsmouth doorway, 1916–1916

Sale Date: September 20, 2002

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Church Tower, Portsmouth, 1921–1921

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Church Tower, Portsmouth, 1921–1921

Sale Date: September 19, 2002

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