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Columbus Avenue, Rainy Day (1885)

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…

New York Street (1902)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) New York Street 1902 Oil on canvas, 59.7 x 49.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago After studying painting in Paris, Childe Hassam applied the techniques of French Impressionism to his views of American cities and landscapes. While…

The Garden in Its Glory (1892)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Garden in Its Glory 1892 Watercolor on paper, 50.6 x 35.2 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington See also: • Appledore Island, ME (USA) | Thaxter, Celia (1835-1894)

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…

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…

Les vacanciers sur la plage à Trouville (1864)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) Les vacanciers sur la plage à Trouville (Vacationers on the Beach at Trouville) 1864 Oil on canvas, 67.31 x 104.14 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis This is one of Eugène Boudin‘s many paintings of the Normandy…

La Plage à Trouville (1888)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1888 Oil on panel, 14.3 x 23.8 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…

La Plage à Trouville (1880)

Boudin, Eugène (1824-1898) La Plage à Trouville (Beach at Trouville) 1880 Oil on panel, 14.9 x 25.1 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena Boudin’s beach scenes provide a charming record of resort fashion through the decades. Here the wide crinolines of the…