Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Rainy Day, Boston 1885 Oil on canvas, 66.3 x 122 cm Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo “I am never tired of observing [people] in every-day life…. Humanity in motion is a constant study to me.” —Childe Hassam…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Columbus Avenue 1886 Oil on panel, 17.8 x 26.7 cm Private collection See also: • Columbus Avenue (Boston)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Columbus Avenue, Rainy Day 1885 Oil on canvas. 43.5 x 53.7 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester Reflections glinting off carriage wheels and the rain-slickened pavement add vibrancy to this scene of a wet day along Boston’s busy Columbus…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue 1919 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.5 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland During World War I, the fiercely nationalistic Hassam was mistakenly arrested for being a German spy. Childe Hassam was fascinated by bustling Fifth…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Bricklayers c.1900 Oil on canvas, 26 x 21 cm Private Collection
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Charles River and Beacon Hill c.1892 Oil on canvas, 40.96 x 45.72 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In Charles River and Beacon Hill Hassam employed the radical compositional effects that he had seen in French painting to…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Boston Common at Twilight (At Dusk) 1885–1886 Oil on canvas, 106.68 x 152.4 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Childe Hassam, the son of a Dorchester hardware merchant, had made only one trip to Europe before painting Boston…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Spanish Stairs, Rome 1897 Oil on canvas, 74.45 x 59.3 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA The Spanish Stairs in Rome have been favored by tourists since they were constructed. The monumental double staircase with…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Avenue of the Allies: Brazil, Belgium 1918 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 61.75 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles The Preparedness Parade down Fifth Avenue in New York on May 13, 1916, demonstrated America’s readiness…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 76.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington A patriotic whirlwind overtook mid–town Manhattan as America entered the First World War in the spring of 1917. On Fifth Avenue,…