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Childe Hassam

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Childe Hassam (Frederick Childe Hassam) , 1859-1935, American painter and printmaker, b. Boston, studied in Paris. With their flickering light and airy palette, Hassam's sprightly landscapes, cityscapes, and interiors show the strong influence of late 19th-century French painting, and he is probably the best known of America's impressionists. Examples of his work include many scenes on the Isles of Shoals and July 14th, Rue Daunou, 1910 (1910), The New York Window (1912), The Church at Gloucester (1918), and Fifth Avenue (1919). He also illustrated Celia Thaxter's An Island... Read more

Hassam, Childe
Hassam, Childe (1859–1935). American painter and printmaker. He was one of his country's earliest and most accomplished exponents of Impressionism...towards greater simplification and flatness in composition and his colour became lusher—somewhat in the manner of Bonnard . Hassam was immensely ... Read more

Hassam, Childe
Hassam, Childe ( b Dorchester, Mass., 17 Oct. 1859; d East Hampton, Long Island, NY, 27 Aug. 1935). American painter and printmaker. He was one...towards greater simplification and flatness in composition and his colour became lusher—somewhat in the manner of Bonnard . Hassam was immensely prolific ... Read more

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