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Charles River and Beacon Hill (c.1892)

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…

Boston Common at Twilight (1885-1886)

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…

The Spanish Stairs, Rome (1897)

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…

Avenue of the Allies: Brazil, Belgium (1918)

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…

Allies Day, May 1917 (1917)

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,…

Pont de Charing Cross (c.1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Pont de Charing Cross dit aussi Pont de Westminster (Charing Cross Bridge, also known as Westminster Bridge) c.1906 Oil on canvas, 81 x 100.6 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris At the 1905 Salon d’automne, Derain shared the same…

Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (1910)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Esquisse pour ‘Le vieux pont à Cagnes’ (Sketch for ‘The Old Bridge at Cagnes’) 1910 Graphite and watercolour on paper, 19.7 x 22.2 cm Tate Britain, London This drawing dates from a period in which Derain had moved…

La piscine de Londres (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) La piscine de Londres (The Pool of London) 1906 Oil on canvas, 65.7 × 99.1 cm Tate Britain, London This view of the Thames from London Bridge is one of four works painted by Derain, showing the same…

London Bridge (1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) London Bridge 1906 Oil on canvas, 66 x 99.1 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In 1905, French painter André Derain was commissioned by his art dealer Ambroise Vollard to paint views of London. Derain set up…

Charing Cross Bridge (1905-1906)

Derain, André (1880-1954) Charing Cross Bridge 1905–1906 Oil on canvas, 81.7 x 100.7 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this cityscape Derain rendered the customary gray of the London sky with dramatic color. In the summer of 1905 he…