Monday Morning Museum: Frederick Childe Hassam

Self Portrait, 1914 by Frederick Childe Hassam

Frederick Childe Hassam – Monday 17 October 1859 Dorchester, Massachusetts to Tuesday 27 August 1935 East Hampton, New York

American Impressionist Painter

Surf, Isles of Shoals, 1913

“Hassam's summer sojourns on the Isles of Shoals, ten miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, were among the most fruitful of his long career, inspiring almost ten percent of his works. This painting in oil on canvas is a particularly fine example. It presents a broad view of a tidal pool—rendered with great chromatic variety and inventiveness—embraced by rocks and punctuated by spray; distant islands appear on the horizon.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Michelangelo Merisi da Catavaggio
Next Monday’s Artist – Thomas Cole

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