Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916) Rissa in galleria (Riot in the Gallery) 1910 Oil on canvas, 74 x 64 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano After a period spent in Rome, the artist decided to move to Paris in 1906, driven by poverty and disillusioned…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Le Moulin de la Galette (The Blute-Fin Windmill, Montmartre) c.1886–1887 Oil on paper on canvas, 61 x 50 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Vincent van Gogh came to paint this Moulin de la…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Columbus Avenue Rainy Day 1885 Oil on canvas Private collection See also: • Columbus Avenue (Boston)
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935) Rainy Day, Boston 1885 Oil on canvas, 66 × 121.9 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…
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…
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) 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) 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…
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…