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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Girl standing, 1913

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Girl standing, 1913

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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In the old house, 1914

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In the old house, 1914

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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Miss Ingram, 1923

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Miss Ingram, 1923

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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The old Abbot House, Andover, Massachusetts, 1930

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The old Abbot House, Andover, Massachusetts, 1930

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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View of Florence from San Miniato, 1897

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View of Florence from San Miniato, 1897

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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Seascape, 1906

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Seascape, 1906

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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The mirror, Cos Cob, Connecticut, 1911

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The mirror, Cos Cob, Connecticut, 1911

Sale Date: May 25, 1995

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A parade of boats

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A parade of boats

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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Portrait of Edith Blaney (Mrs. Dwight Blaney), 1894

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Portrait of Edith Blaney (Mrs. Dwight Blaney), 1894

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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Quincy, Massachusetts, 1892

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Quincy, Massachusetts, 1892

Sale Date: May 24, 1995

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The colonial table (Holley House, Cos Cob), 1915

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The colonial table (Holley House, Cos Cob), 1915

Sale Date: May 20, 1995

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The Lion Gardiner house, East Hampton

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The Lion Gardiner house, East Hampton

Sale Date: May 20, 1995

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Easthampton, 1917

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Easthampton, 1917

Sale Date: May 20, 1995

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: May 19, 1995

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The hay barn, 1920

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The hay barn, 1920

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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The white kimono, 1915

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The white kimono, 1915

Sale Date: May 11, 1995

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The chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

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The chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915

Sale Date: May 9, 1995

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The old house, Cos Cob, 1915

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The old house, Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: May 9, 1995

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Easthampton, 1917

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Easthampton, 1917

Sale Date: May 9, 1995

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The church across the way, 1916

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The church across the way, 1916

Sale Date: April 26, 1995

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Newport Harbor, 1916

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Newport Harbor, 1916

Sale Date: April 26, 1995

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Independence Hall

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Independence Hall

Sale Date: March 25, 1995

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The Chase house

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The Chase house

Sale Date: March 25, 1995

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