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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Brittany Barns, Perros-Guirec, 1910

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Brittany Barns, Perros-Guirec, 1910

Sale Date: May 8, 2024

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The Church at Old Lyme, 1924

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The Church at Old Lyme, 1924

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

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Calvary Church in Snow, 1915

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Calvary Church in Snow, 1915

Sale Date: April 25, 2024

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Swimmer, Morning--Facing Water., 1916

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Swimmer, Morning--Facing Water., 1916

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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The Dutch Door (C. 49), 1915

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The Dutch Door (C. 49), 1915

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Swimmer Evening, Facing Land, 1916

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Swimmer Evening, Facing Land, 1916

Sale Date: March 22, 2024

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Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

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Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue & 23rd..., 1916

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

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OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

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OLD MULFORD HOUSE (CORTISSOZ/CLAYTON 264), 1926

Sale Date: February 1, 2024

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Fire and Rainy Night (Firelight, Boston), 1886

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Fire and Rainy Night (Firelight, Boston), 1886

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Study for 'Outer Harbor, Gloucester', 1918

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Study for 'Outer Harbor, Gloucester', 1918

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Saint Peter's, Near Broadstairs (The Shallows);...

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Saint Peter's, Near Broadstairs (The Shallows);...

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

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Spring at East Hampton, Egypt Lane, 1920

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Spring at East Hampton, Egypt Lane, 1920

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

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The Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton, 1920

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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The White Kimono, 1915

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The White Kimono, 1915

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Central Park West at 82nd Street, 1894

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Central Park West at 82nd Street, 1894

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

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Portsmouth Doorway, 1916

Sale Date: November 10, 2023

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The Peony Girl, 1889

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The Peony Girl, 1889

Sale Date: November 6, 2023

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Evening (Isles of Shoals), 1907

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Evening (Isles of Shoals), 1907

Sale Date: November 6, 2023

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White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, 1886

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White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, 1886

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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An Easthampton Idyll., 1923

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An Easthampton Idyll., 1923

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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House on Main Street, Easthampton., 1922

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House on Main Street, Easthampton., 1922

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton., 1926

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The Old Mulford House, Easthampton., 1926

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

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Lion Gardiner House., 1920

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Church Doorway in Snow (Cortissoz 72), 1916

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Church Doorway in Snow (Cortissoz 72), 1916

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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