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Frederick Childe Hassam (/ ˈ tʃ aɪ l d ˈ h æ s əm /; October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes.
Painter and illustrator. Hassam was a leading American Impressionist whose work was much influenced by Claude Monet. His landscapes, street scenes, and interior scenes were both popularly and officially recognized.
Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 – August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums.
Of the American artists called impressionists, Childe Hassam was among those whose work most closely followed that of their French colleagues. Although Hassam was not a novice, but already a practicing artist when he began to study in Paris, it is apparent that he soon absorbed aspects of the avant-garde styles of that time and place.
Childe Hassam. American Painter. Born: October 17, 1859 - Dorchester, Massachusetts. Died: August 27, 1935 - East Hampton, Long Island, New York. Movements and Styles: The Barbizon School. , Impressionism. , American Impressionism. , Post-Impressionism. , American Realism.
Childe Hassam (1859–1935), a pioneer of American Impressionism and perhaps its most devoted, prolific, and successful practitioner, was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (now a suburb of Boston), into a family descended from settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Aug 23, 2024 · Childe Hassam (born October 17, 1859, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 27, 1935, East Hampton, New York) was a painter and printmaker, one of the foremost exponents of French Impressionism in American art.