Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) American Impressionist \"Still-Life\"

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Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) American Impressionist \"Still-Life\":
$2200.00

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Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) American Impressionist Artist

Oil on canvas

Signed lower right

Very elegant painting. Good vintage condition, minor paint loss top right corner, see images.

Size: 22\" x 21\" painting, 26 1/2\" x 27 1/2\" Framed. Framed in vintage frame dating 1960s

Shipping $40 toUSA/Canada.

CHILDE HASSAM

Childe Hassam was a leading American impressionist painterand printmaker. The son of a prosperous hardware merchant and antiquecollector, Hassam (christened Frederick Childe Hassam) was born in 1859 nearBoston. In 1872 a great fire in Boston destroyed his father’s business, forcingHassam to leave school. He found a job with a publishing firm, but havinglittle talent for business, he began work as an apprentice to a wood engraverand later created illustrations for such magazines as Harper\'s and The Century.Between 1877 and 1879, Hassam attended evening classes at the Boston Art Club,studied briefly with William Rimmer at the Lowell Institute, and also tookprivate painting lessons.

At the age of twenty-four, Hassam visited Great Britain andthe European Continent for two months. In 1886 he moved to Paris, where hestudied at the conservative art school, Académie Julian. Hassam was attractedto French Impressionism, however, and readily absorbed elements of theavant-garde style. Hassam returned to the United States in 1889, moving fromBoston to New York. Integrating his understanding of impressionism with his owntendency toward clear compositional structure and forms, he painted many viewsof the city. Noted for their light impressionist colors, quick brushstrokes,and also their solidity, his city views were well received, and he became knownas one of the leading American impressionists. Hassam was able to return toEurope twice between 1897 and 1910, visiting Pont-Aven, where manyPost-Impressionists had painted, and, on his last trip, southern Spain. In late1897, he withdrew from the Society of American Artists and co-founded the TenAmerican Painters with fellow American Impressionists J. Alden Weir and JohnTwachtman.

In 1915, influenced in part by the work of his friend Weir,Hassam began experimenting with etching and, two years later, lithography. In1920, having summered at various seaside resorts since 1882, he established apermanent summer studio in East Hampton, Long Island. During the remainingfifteen years of his life, Hassam continued to exhibit regularly, enjoyingnational recognition and receiving numerous awards and honors.

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Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935) American Impressionist \"Still-Life\":
$2200.00