Childe Hassam
Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17, 1859 - August 27, 1935) was an American Impressionist painter. He was born in Dorchester (Boston), Massachusetts.
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Hassam left high school without graduating and ended up working for a wood engraver. He attended drawing classes at the Lowell Institute, a division of MIT, and was a member of the Boston Art Club. He began his artistic career as an illustrator and watercolorist. By 1882 Hassam was exhibiting publicly and had his first solo exhibition, of watercolors, at the Williams and Everett Gallery in Boston. The following year he was convinced by his friend Celia Thaxter to drop his first name and thereafter was known as simply "Childe Hassam."
In 1886 he began study at the Académie Julian in Paris, where his exposure to Impressionism greatly influenced his work.
He settled in New York City in 1889. Scenes of the city were common in his work. He was the leader of the Ten American Painters group who seceded from the Society of American Artists in 1898.
He died in East Hampton, New York.
References
- Weinberg, H. Barbara (2004). Childe Hassam: American Impressionist. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 1-58839-120-5.
- Hiesinger, Ulrich W. (1991). Impressionism in America: the Ten American Painters. Munich: Prestel-Verlag. ISBN 3-7913-1142-5.
External Links
- Hassam's Life Chronology, from the Childe Hassam: American Impressionist exhibit at the Met
- Excerpt from a silent film about Hassam's life