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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Naples, 1883

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Naples, 1883

Sale Date: May 6, 1994

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Bowling on the Green, 1931

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Bowling on the Green, 1931

Sale Date: May 4, 1994

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Mount Vernon

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Mount Vernon

Sale Date: May 1, 1994

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The Chase House, 1929

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The Chase House, 1929

Sale Date: April 20, 1994

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EAST HAMPTON, 1920

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EAST HAMPTON, 1920

Sale Date: March 23, 1994

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Quai des Tuileries, 1888

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Quai des Tuileries, 1888

Sale Date: March 17, 1994

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Top of Fort George, 1920

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Top of Fort George, 1920

Sale Date: March 17, 1994

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Old Bottle Man, 1892

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Old Bottle Man, 1892

Sale Date: March 17, 1994

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Colonial Church, Gloucester, 1918

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Colonial Church, Gloucester, 1918

Sale Date: March 5, 1994

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

Sale Date: February 10, 1994

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November, Cos Cob, 1902–1902

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November, Cos Cob, 1902–1902

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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Reading, 1888–1888

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Reading, 1888–1888

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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Evening, Champs - Elysees - près du..., 1898–1898

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Evening, Champs - Elysees - près du..., 1898–1898

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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Sunday on Fifth Avenue

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Sunday on Fifth Avenue

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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The Cedar Lot, Old Lyme, 1904

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The Cedar Lot, Old Lyme, 1904

Sale Date: December 2, 1993

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Tulip tree in blossom, 1932

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Tulip tree in blossom, 1932

Sale Date: December 2, 1993

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COS COB, 1915

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COS COB, 1915

Sale Date: December 2, 1993

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON, 1916

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FIFTH AVENUE, NOON, 1916

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON, 1922

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON, 1922

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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THE WRITING DESK, 1915

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THE WRITING DESK, 1915

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, 1917

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ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, 1917

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EASTHAMPTON, 1920

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EASTHAMPTON, 1920

Sale Date: November 19, 1993

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THE OLD MULFORD HOUSE, 1926

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THE OLD MULFORD HOUSE, 1926

Sale Date: November 17, 1993

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PORTSMOUTH DOORWAY, 1916

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PORTSMOUTH DOORWAY, 1916

Sale Date: November 17, 1993

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