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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Confirmation day, 1889–1889

Childe Hassam

Confirmation day, 1889–1889

Sale Date: December 2, 1998

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Central Park

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Central Park

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Naples, 1897–1897

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Naples, 1897–1897

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The toll bridge, New Hampshire near..., 1906–1906

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The toll bridge, New Hampshire near..., 1906–1906

Sale Date: December 2, 1998

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Alkalis, rabbit and grease wood squaw,..., 1908–1908

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Alkalis, rabbit and grease wood squaw,..., 1908–1908

Sale Date: December 2, 1998

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Trees, New Hampshire, 1912–1912

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Trees, New Hampshire, 1912–1912

Sale Date: December 2, 1998

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East Hampton idyll, 1923–1923

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East Hampton idyll, 1923–1923

Sale Date: December 1, 1998

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Walt Whitman's birth-place, 1927–1927

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Walt Whitman's birth-place, 1927–1927

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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Calvary church in snow, 1915–1915

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Calvary church in snow, 1915–1915

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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Church doorway, snow, 1916–1916

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Church doorway, snow, 1916–1916

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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Porte St. Martin, 1898–1898

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Porte St. Martin, 1898–1898

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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The abelone shell, 1917–1917

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The abelone shell, 1917–1917

Sale Date: November 9, 1998

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

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Easthampton, 1917–1917

Sale Date: September 25, 1998

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Figures on a road, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1883–1883

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Figures on a road, Auvers-sur-Oise, 1883–1883

Sale Date: September 25, 1998

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An elderly couple in an interior

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An elderly couple in an interior

Sale Date: September 24, 1998

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Mt. Vernon, Washington's home

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Mt. Vernon, Washington's home

Sale Date: July 19, 1998

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Washingtom enjoys his beloved estate

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Washingtom enjoys his beloved estate

Sale Date: July 16, 1998

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Champs fleuri aux meules

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Champs fleuri aux meules

Sale Date: June 26, 1998

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Swans on a pond, 1933–1933

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Swans on a pond, 1933–1933

Sale Date: June 25, 1998

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Twilight, 1882–1882

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Twilight, 1882–1882

Sale Date: June 25, 1998

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Flags, afternoon on the avenue, 1917–1917

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Flags, afternoon on the avenue, 1917–1917

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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Spring: Flowering trees

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Spring: Flowering trees

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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Autumn, 1905–1905

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Autumn, 1905–1905

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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East Headland, Appledore - Isle of Shoals, 1911–1911

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East Headland, Appledore - Isle of Shoals, 1911–1911

Sale Date: May 21, 1998

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