Childe Hassam

(1859–1935) amerikansk målare

Childe Hassam (USA, 1859–1935) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Childe Hassam belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Childe Hassam was born in Dorchester and died in East Hampton. Childe Hassam trained at Académie Julian, Boston Art Club, and Lowell Institute. Childe Hassam worked in New York City, Paris, Florence, and Naples. Wikidata associates Childe Hassam with Impressionism. Childe Hassam became a member of Ten American Painters and American Academy of Arts and Letters.

The best-known works include ‘Laurel in the Ledges’ and ‘Building the Schooner, Provincetown’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting and cityscape. The catalogue has 224 works by Childe Hassam with free images. The dated works span the years 1883–1935. Works by Childe Hassam are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and drawings in the National Gallery of Art. Wikidata links 16 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Florence Esté, Étienne Moreau-Nélaton, Karin Larsson, Walter Leighton Clark, and William Langson Lathrop.

• Post-Impressionism and Symbolism
• The Avenue in the Rain