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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On the links, 1926–1926

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On the links, 1926–1926

Sale Date: May 25, 2000

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The audition, East Hampton, 1924–1924

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The audition, East Hampton, 1924–1924

Sale Date: May 25, 2000

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California, 1919–1919

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California, 1919–1919

Sale Date: May 24, 2000

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Boy with flower pots, 1888–1888

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Boy with flower pots, 1888–1888

Sale Date: May 24, 2000

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Isles of Shoals

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Isles of Shoals

Sale Date: May 24, 2000

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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 11, 2000

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922–1922

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House on the Main Street, Easthampton, 1922–1922

Sale Date: May 11, 2000

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The little church around the corner, 1923–1923

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The little church around the corner, 1923–1923

Sale Date: May 11, 2000

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The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton, 1921–1921

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The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton, 1921–1921

Sale Date: May 11, 2000

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Old Dominy house, 1928–1928

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Old Dominy house, 1928–1928

Sale Date: May 3, 2000

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Roman view

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Roman view

Sale Date: May 3, 2000

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Landscape with two bathers, 1918–1918

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Landscape with two bathers, 1918–1918

Sale Date: March 15, 2000

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Old lace, 1915–1915

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Old lace, 1915–1915

Sale Date: March 10, 2000

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Maples in early spring, 1931–1931

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Maples in early spring, 1931–1931

Sale Date: February 17, 2000

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

Sale Date: February 17, 2000

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Swans on a pond, 1933–1933

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Swans on a pond, 1933–1933

Sale Date: December 9, 1999

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Twilight, 1882–1882

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Twilight, 1882–1882

Sale Date: December 9, 1999

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Gloucester, inner harbor, 1919–1919

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Gloucester, inner harbor, 1919–1919

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Ocean at sunset, 1907–1907

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Ocean at sunset, 1907–1907

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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October landscape, 1905–1905

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October landscape, 1905–1905

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Nude, 1920–1920

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Nude, 1920–1920

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Columbus Avenue, 1886–1886

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Columbus Avenue, 1886–1886

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Bricklayers, 1900–1900

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Bricklayers, 1900–1900

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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Poppies in a field, 1891–1891

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Poppies in a field, 1891–1891

Sale Date: December 1, 1999

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