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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The Chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915, 1915

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The Chimneys, Portsmouth, 1915, 1915

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Home Sweet Home, Cottage No. 2, 1923, 1923

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Home Sweet Home, Cottage No. 2, 1923, 1923

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Cliffs and Sea, Appeldore, 1903

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Cliffs and Sea, Appeldore, 1903

Sale Date: July 14, 2021

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Cos Cob, 1915

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Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: June 12, 2021

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Independence Hall, 1926, 1926

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Independence Hall, 1926, 1926

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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"The Church at Old Lyme, 1924

Sale Date: May 23, 2021

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The Dome Green (Maidstone) (Approach to the..., 1923

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The Dome Green (Maidstone) (Approach to the..., 1923

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1897

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Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1897

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Woman Cutting Roses in a Garden, 1888–1889

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Woman Cutting Roses in a Garden, 1888–1889

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918, 1918

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Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918, 1918

Sale Date: May 12, 2021

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Cos Cob., 1915

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Cos Cob., 1915

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Fifth Avenue, Noon., 1916

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Fifth Avenue, Noon., 1916

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

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Washington's Birthday, Fifth Avenue and 23rd , 1916

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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The White Kimono, 1915

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The White Kimono, 1915

Sale Date: April 15, 2021

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The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton, 1921

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The Home Sweet Home Cottage, Easthampton, 1921

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1921

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1921

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931, 1931

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Maples in Early Spring, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: March 14, 2021

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Street in Newburgh, 1915, 1915

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Street in Newburgh, 1915, 1915

Sale Date: March 14, 2021

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Woodland Stream, 1883

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Woodland Stream, 1883

Sale Date: March 3, 2021

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The Broad Curtain, 1917–1918

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The Broad Curtain, 1917–1918

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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New York Bouquet, 1917

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New York Bouquet, 1917

Sale Date: March 4, 2021

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Avenue of the Allies (Griffith 43), 1918

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Avenue of the Allies (Griffith 43), 1918

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Lighthouse, Isle of Shoals, 1886

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Lighthouse, Isle of Shoals, 1886

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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Woodland Scene

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Woodland Scene

Sale Date: November 15, 2020

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