An Isles of Shoals Day
Type:Painting
Year:1901
Size:22.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Childe (Frederick) Hassam ART FOR SALE
1859 Dorchester, Massachusetts - 1935 East Hampton, New York. Known for: Flag parades, figure and interior scene painting, etchings.
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of America's most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional... Read full biography
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of America's most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional content of his paintings than the technique of applying color. He also completed over 350 etchings... Read full biography
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of America's most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional content of his paintings than the technique of applying color. He also completed over 350 etchings and drypoints and about 45 lithographs, most of them after he was 56 years old. Watercolor was another specialty, and Hassam was one of the founders of the New York Water Color Society. His parents... Read full biography
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of America's most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional content of his paintings than the technique of applying color. He also completed over 350 etchings and drypoints and about 45 lithographs, most of them after he was 56 years old. Watercolor was another specialty, and Hassam was one of the founders of the New York Water Color Society. His parents were well educated and of New England Puritan heritage. They named him Frederick Childe Hassam, but he dropped that first name early in his career because someone persuaded him that the name of Childe was more exotic. He left high school to work as a... Read full biography
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of America's most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional content of his paintings than the technique of applying color. He also completed over 350 etchings and drypoints and about 45 lithographs, most of them after he was 56 years old. Watercolor was another specialty, and Hassam was one of the founders of the New York Water Color Society. His parents were well educated and of New England Puritan heritage. They named him Frederick Childe Hassam, but he dropped that first name early in his career because someone persuaded him that the name of Childe was more exotic. He left high school to work as a wood engraver and illustrator and in the1870s, studied art at the Lowell Institute and the Boston Art Club under Ignaz Gaugengigl. In 1883... Read full biography
Childe (Frederick) Hassam - Art for Sale (5 available)
Isle of Shoals
Type:Painting
Year:1909
Size:6.50" x 9.50" x 0.20"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Edition:1
Notes:
A beautiful sunset painted on the back of a cigar box. This piece is indicative of Hassam's other pieces created during his time in Appledore in the early 1900s.
Sunny Morning, Villiers-le-Bel
Type:Painting
Size:26.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
From our archives of sold paintings.
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An Impression, 1882
Type:Painting
Year:1882
Size:8.88" x 11.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Titled, signed, and dated lower left: An Impression / F. Childe Hassam / 1882
At the Grand Prix
Type:Painting
Size:11.50" x 8.25"
Medium:Pastel
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
This painting sold for $699,000 at the Skinner American & European Works of Art auction on May 21, 2010. Skinner is looking for fine oil paintings, drawings, and etchings by this artist. Call 508.970.3206 with inquiries.