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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Rainy Day, Columbus Avenue, Boston, 1886

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Rainy Day, Columbus Avenue, Boston, 1886

Sale Date: December 6, 2020

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The Church Tower, Portsmouth, 1921

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The Church Tower, Portsmouth, 1921

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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Old House, Cos Cob, 1915

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Old House, Cos Cob, 1915

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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Floor of the Stock Exchange, 1927

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Floor of the Stock Exchange, 1927

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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New York Sky Line, Dark Buildings, 1911

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New York Sky Line, Dark Buildings, 1911

Sale Date: November 12, 2020

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The Broad Curtain, 1918

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The Broad Curtain, 1918

Sale Date: October 24, 2020

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Street Scene, Spain, 1910

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Street Scene, Spain, 1910

Sale Date: October 28, 2020

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Nude, 1903

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Nude, 1903

Sale Date: September 30, 2020

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Portland Harbor, 1904

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Portland Harbor, 1904

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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A Shady Spot (Appledore, Isle of Shoals), 1892

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A Shady Spot (Appledore, Isle of Shoals), 1892

Sale Date: September 17, 2020

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Sailboat off the Coast, Isle of Shoals, 1894

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Sailboat off the Coast, Isle of Shoals, 1894

Sale Date: September 17, 2020

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The Red Mill, Cos Cob, 1896

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The Red Mill, Cos Cob, 1896

Sale Date: August 7, 2020

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FIRE OPALS (LADY IN FURS: PORTRAIT OF MRS...., 1912

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FIRE OPALS (LADY IN FURS: PORTRAIT OF MRS...., 1912

Sale Date: June 26, 2020

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PROMENADE - WINTER, NEW YORK, 1895

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PROMENADE - WINTER, NEW YORK, 1895

Sale Date: June 26, 2020

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Three Hickories, 1917

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Three Hickories, 1917

Sale Date: June 13, 2020

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Haywagon in the Countryside

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Haywagon in the Countryside

Sale Date: May 20, 2020

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Portrait of Ethel Moore, 1892

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Portrait of Ethel Moore, 1892

Sale Date: May 20, 2020

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON..., 1922

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HOUSE ON THE MAIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON..., 1922

Sale Date: April 29, 2020

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The Broad Curtain, 1918

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The Broad Curtain, 1918

Sale Date: March 21, 2020

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HARVESTING, 1921

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HARVESTING, 1921

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington, 1932

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Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington, 1932

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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Reading in Bed, 1915

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Reading in Bed, 1915

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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The Hay Barn, 1920

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The Hay Barn, 1920

Sale Date: March 5, 2020

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Coastal Scene, Spain, 1883

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Coastal Scene, Spain, 1883

Sale Date: November 20, 2019

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