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1859 - 1935

Frederick Childe Hassam

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An American artist, illustrator, one of the most prominent representatives of American Impressionism. A member of the group «Ten American artists», which included progressive artists, opposing themselves to the official art and the academic society of American artists. He worked mainly in the technique of watercolor, though also created oil paintings. Childe Hassam was a master of the urban landscape. He left a heritage of a large number of works (more than 3000 paintings) and was very popular during his lifetime. The artist’s works adorn the White House; they are exhibits of leading museums and art galleries of the United States.

Key ideas:

– The work of Childe Hassam is an example of true American Impressionism. In his works, the artist used all the classical techniques of European Impressionists: the abundance of light and air, expressively saturated color gamut, refined strokes and special attention to the endlessly changing state of nature.

– At the same time, the master’s manner has its own features characterising only his works. First of all, it is the themes of works, most of which are urban landscapes. Hassam was not attracted to the idle life of the bourgeoisie and outdoor recreation; he preferred to depict the everyday city with a stream of pedestrians, horse-drawn carts, houses and growing skyscrapers of his native America.

– The artist also paid much attention to the marine theme. His series of paintings created on the island of Scholes attracts with freshness and optimism. They are made in a truly impressionistic spirit, attracting the attention to the light, color and shape and almost ignoring the plot.

– Childe Hassam achieved wide popularity thanks to the the series of works “Flags”. The picturesque works of this cycle have a patriotic sound, inspired by the beginning of the First World War. In the paintings by Hassam, the viewer will not see the soldiers and the battlefield. Flags, which are present in each of the 30 works of the cycle, are only a part of a quite peaceful urban panorama and are in the foreground in most of the paintings. One of the canvases of this series, «A boulevard in the rain», created in 1917, is in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Frederick Childe Hassam

On Artist

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Impressionism

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Julian Alden Weir

John Henry Twachtman

Theodore Robinson

Edward Simmons

artists

William Turner

Claude Monet

Georges Seurat

McNeill Whistler

Auguste Renoir

Camille Corot

By Artist

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Impressionism

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Julian Alden Weir

Edmund Garrett

John Singer Sargent

artists

Maurice Prendergast

Edward Hopper

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA.

1917

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: White House, Washington.

1917

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Rose Museum of Art, Brandeis University, Waltham.

1911

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Metropolitan Museum, New York.

1910

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: private collection.

1898

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Phillips Collection, Washington, USA.

1893

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA.

1890

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Carnegie Institute Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

1890

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Mediums: oil, panel. Location: private collection.

1889

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: Art Museum of Toledo, USA.

1885