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…
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…
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) 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) Strawberry Tea Set 1912 Oil on canvas, 93.19 x 96.36 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA Around 1910 Hassam began depicting single female figures set in comfortable domestic interiors. The critic Royal Cortissoz referred to these paintings…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Castle Island, Boston Harbor 1916 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, 22.86 x 32.7 cm Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA See also: • Castle Island (Boston)
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…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Paysage près de Barbizon (Landscape near Barbizon) c.1922 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 72.7 cm Tate Britain, London In 1919 when Derain was demobbed after serving in the First World War, he returned to his painting career. He…
Derain, André (1880-1954) Nature morte (Still Life) c.1938–1943 Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 145.8 cm Tate Britain, London In his work of this period Derain explored the traditions of past art. The unusual size and monumental quality of this painting can…