Tag: Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York (1891)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Oil on canvas, 56 x 40.6 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Carmen Thyssen Collection Following his return from Paris in 1889, Hassam lived at 95 Fifth Avenue, a few steps from…

Flags, Fifth Avenue (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Flags, Fifth Avenue 1918 Watercolor, 34.29 × 23.81 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas See also: • Fifth Avenue | Manhattan | New York, NY (USA)

Fifth Avenue Nocturne (c.1895)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue Nocturne c.1895 Oil on canvas, 61.2 x 51 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Boston native Childe Hassam began painting in an Impressionist style during a three-year stay in Paris, from 1886 to 1889. On settling…

Fifth Avenue (1919)

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…

Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain (1918)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain 1918 Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 72.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The only major American Impressionist to depict the home front during World War I, Hassam produced his Flag…

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,…

Fifth Avenue (New York)

Fifth Avenue in Art: Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue at Washington Square, New York 1891 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Fifth Avenue Nocturne c.1895 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Allies Day, May 1917 1917…