Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Thaxter’s Garden 1892 Watercolor on paper, 50.2 x 35.8 cm Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington See also: • Appledore Island, ME (USA) | Thaxter, Celia (1835-1894)
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…
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…
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) 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, 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…