Tag: light

Flora (c.1654)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Flora c.1654 Oil on canvas, 100 x 91.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Unlike many of his ambitious contemporaries, Rembrandt never traveled to Italy. Nonetheless, Italian art had a profound effect on him; in this depiction of…

Clearing Sunset (1890)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Clearing Sunset (Corner of Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue) 1890 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Berkeley Street (Boston) | Columbus Avenue (Boston)

Rainy Day, Boston (1885)

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…

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…

The Mantle Piece (1912)

Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) The Mantle Piece 1912 Oil on wood (cigar box lid) Bush-Holley House, Cos Cob A young girl, unidentified, stands in front of the fireplace in the best bedroom of Bush-Holley House. The chair to the right is still…

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…

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…