Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
Duck Island
1906
Oil on canvas, 52.07 x 80.01 cm
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
The broken brushstrokes, dappled light, and unblended colors of this scene of a popular island resort off the New Hampshire coast reveal Childe Hassam’s debt to impressionism. His studies in Paris in the 1880s transformed his style. (DMA)