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Childe Hassam
American 1859 -1935
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Born: |
Dorchester Massachusetts
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Died: |
Easthampton New York
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Active: |
Boston Isles of Shoals New Hampshire 1883 - Paris France New York
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Addresses: |
28 School Street Boston Massachusetts 1881 - 1883 Studio The Albemarle, 282 Columbus Avenue Boston Massachusetts 1883 Residence 95 Fifth Avenue New York New York 1889 130 West Fifty-seventh Street New York New York 1908 - 1935 Residence and Studio Willow Bend, 48 Egypt Lane East Hampton New York 1919 - 1935
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Studied: |
Lowell Institute of Design 1881 School of Drawing, Boston Art Club 1883 Academie Julien, Paris 1886 - 1888
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Instructors: |
Dr. William Rimmer Circa 1881 Tommaso Juglaris 1883 Gustave R. Boulanger 1886 - Jules Joseph Lefebvre 1886 -
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Exhibited: |
Boston Art Club 1882, 1885 Williams and Everett's, Boston 1882, 1884 American Art Galleries, New York 1883 American Watercolor Society 1883, 1890 National Academy of Design 1883, 1884, 1886, 1904, 1918 Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, B 1883 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1884, 1906, 1908 Society of American Artists 1886 Paris Salon 1887 Doll & Richards, Boston 1890 - 1895 Durand-Ruel Gallery 1891, 1898 Doll & Richards, Boston 1919
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Examples of Work: |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Dallas Museum of Art Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Wichita Art Museum, Kansas Brooklyn Museum of Art
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Specialty: |
Painter Etcher Instructor
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Style/School: |
The Ten Impressionism
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Subjects Known For: |
Figural Landscapes
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Memberships: |
Paint and Clay Club, Boston 1883 American Watercolor Society 1890 - New York Watercolor Club 1890 - National Academy of Design ANA 1902; NA 1906 Society of American Artists 1890 Players Club 1890 - 1931
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Teaching Positions: |
Art Students League, New York City 1898 - 1899
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Artist Profile |
Works Available |
Cos Cob, CT and Old Lyme, CT |
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BIOGRAPHY: |
Childe Hassam is internationally recognized as one of the greatest American Impressionist Painters. Hassam apprenticed as a wood engraver and took early work as a freelance illustrator. In 1838 he took the first of four trips to France and took course at Academie Julian from 1886-89. His paintings ...
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Childe Hassam was the leading force behind "The Ten," the group that established the American Impressionist movement. Born near Boston, Hassam began his career as an illustrator for "Harper's," "Scribner's," and "Century." It was during his first trip to France in 1883 that he began studying the ...
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Hassam was born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Massachusetts and died on August 27, 1935, in Easthampton, N.Y. He was in Cos Cob periodically, 1894-1923; in Old Lyme, summers, 1903-c.1907.
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