A born painter, he certainly enjoyed painting more than anything else. He early received honors-a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition (1889) and a silver medal at Munich (1892). The striking results of his interest in light are best seen in his paintings of landscapes, rocky coasts, and the white churches of Gloucester and East Hampton.Īs soon as he could, Hassam devoted himself entirely to painting. His main concern from this time on was light his figures, not his best work, are flat patterns, and even his excellent etchings are studies in light. Hassam easily absorbed the bright colors, the white light, and the pale palette of impressionism. He continued studying, at the Académie Julian, but his painting, propelled by the rising wind of impressionism, soon veered away from the academic. His early Paris street scenes are among his finest works. The couple moved to Paris for 3 years, where Hassam earned a good living doing magazine illustrations and painting pictures which he sent home to dealers.

On his return he married a childhood friend, Kathleen Maude Doane.

In 1883 Hassam went to Europe for a year. He soon had his own studio and his own students. During the evenings he drew nudes at the Boston Arts Club, and on weekends he worked outdoors with landscape painters. Those were the great days of American illustration, and soon his work appeared in all kinds of magazines. He was early interested in art, and instead of going to college he went to work in a wood engraver's shop in Boston. Sir John Everett Millais paintings (246)įrederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was a pioneer American impressionist painter whose work always retained a definitely native flavor.Ĭhilde Hassam was born in Dorchester, Mass., on Oct.William McGregor Paxton Paintings (136).Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Paintings (245).Frederick Arthur Bridgman Paintings (208).John Frederick Herring Sr Paintings (852).John William Waterhouse Paintings (118).Frederick Carl Frieseke Paintings (185).Charles Courtney Curran Paintings (150).Cassius Marcellus Coolidge Paintings (30).Maurice Brazil Prendergast Paintings (349).Frederick Childe Hassam Paintings (808).Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Paintings (279).

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