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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Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

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Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Trees by a Lake, 1910

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Trees by a Lake, 1910

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Somewhere in France 1910, 1910

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Somewhere in France 1910, 1910

Sale Date: August 20, 2022

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Egeria

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Egeria

Sale Date: August 13, 2022

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Fifth Avenue, Noon., 1898

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Fifth Avenue, Noon., 1898

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Reading in Bed., 1898

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Reading in Bed., 1898

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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THE BILLBOARDS, 1916

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THE BILLBOARDS, 1916

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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The Stairs

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The Stairs

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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Mrs. Hassam in a Garden, Villiers-le-Bel, 1889

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Mrs. Hassam in a Garden, Villiers-le-Bel, 1889

Sale Date: June 5, 2022

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COS COB (CATALOGUE OF THE ETCHINGS AND..., 1915

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COS COB (CATALOGUE OF THE ETCHINGS AND..., 1915

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Meadows, 1891

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Meadows, 1891

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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The Harbor, 1902

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The Harbor, 1902

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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Flower Girl, 1887–1889

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Flower Girl, 1887–1889

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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Spanish Ledges, 1912

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Spanish Ledges, 1912

Sale Date: May 17, 2022

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WAYSIDE INN (OAK IN THE SPRING)..., 1926

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WAYSIDE INN (OAK IN THE SPRING)..., 1926

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON..., 1920

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON..., 1920

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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ROAD TO THE PROMISED LAND (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON , 1928

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ROAD TO THE PROMISED LAND (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON , 1928

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

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OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON..., 1923

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON..., 1923

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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EASTHAMPTON (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 134), 1917

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EASTHAMPTON (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 134), 1917

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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The Broad Curtain., 1918

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The Broad Curtain., 1918

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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The Surf Swimmer., 1920

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The Surf Swimmer., 1920

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Wayside Inn—Oaks in Spring., 1926

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Wayside Inn—Oaks in Spring., 1926

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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