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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EUROPEAN STREET SCENE, 1883

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EUROPEAN STREET SCENE, 1883

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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THE ARTIST'S WIFE IN A PARIS GARDEN, 1889

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THE ARTIST'S WIFE IN A PARIS GARDEN, 1889

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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BROOK IN BRANCHVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 1907

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BROOK IN BRANCHVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 1907

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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OCTOBER HAZE, MANHATTAN, 1910

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OCTOBER HAZE, MANHATTAN, 1910

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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Harper's Ferry 2nd, 1926

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Harper's Ferry 2nd, 1926

Sale Date: December 3, 1992

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EASTHAMPTON, 1920

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THE LION GARDINER HOUSE, EASTHAMPTON, 1920

Sale Date: November 5, 1992

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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 5, 1992

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HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, NO. 3, EASTHAMPTON, 1928

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HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, NO. 3, EASTHAMPTON, 1928

Sale Date: November 5, 1992

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EASTHAMPTON, 1917

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EASTHAMPTON, 1917

Sale Date: November 5, 1992

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THE HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, EASTHAMPTON, 1921

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THE HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, EASTHAMPTON, 1921

Sale Date: November 5, 1992

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Impression, 1886

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Impression, 1886

Sale Date: September 23, 1992

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Flage, Columbus Circle, 1918

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Flage, Columbus Circle, 1918

Sale Date: September 23, 1992

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Terrace on the Hudson, 1915

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Terrace on the Hudson, 1915

Sale Date: September 23, 1992

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MADONNA OF THE NORTH END, 1916

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MADONNA OF THE NORTH END, 1916

Sale Date: September 20, 1992

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OLD LACE (C. 56; LIB. OF CONG. 68), 1915

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OLD LACE (C. 56; LIB. OF CONG. 68), 1915

Sale Date: September 20, 1992

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CALVARY CHURCH IN SNOW

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CALVARY CHURCH IN SNOW

Sale Date: September 20, 1992

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THE HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, EASTHAMPTON..., 1921

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THE HOME SWEET HOME COTTAGE, EASTHAMPTON..., 1921

Sale Date: September 19, 1992

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NORTH RIVER, 1917

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NORTH RIVER, 1917

Sale Date: June 6, 1992

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THE MILL DAM, COS COB, 1903

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THE MILL DAM, COS COB, 1903

Sale Date: May 28, 1992

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THE HARBOR OF A THOUSAND MASTS, GLOUCESTER, 1919

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THE HARBOR OF A THOUSAND MASTS, GLOUCESTER, 1919

Sale Date: May 27, 1992

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COLONIAL CHURCH,GLOUCESTER, 1918

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COLONIAL CHURCH,GLOUCESTER, 1918

Sale Date: May 14, 1992

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COS COB; AND CHURCH AT OLD LYME, 1915

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COS COB; AND CHURCH AT OLD LYME, 1915

Sale Date: May 14, 1992

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THE WHITE KIMONO, 1915

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THE WHITE KIMONO, 1915

Sale Date: May 14, 1992

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CHURCH DOORWAY, SNOW, 1916

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CHURCH DOORWAY, SNOW, 1916

Sale Date: May 14, 1992

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