Childe Hassam
Childe Hassam
Frederick Childe Hassamwas a prolific 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. He produced over 3,000 paintings, oils, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career, and was an influential American artist of the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth17 October 1859
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Childe Hassam quotes about
I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.
The word 'impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted.
The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.
Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.
These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.
I believe the man who will go down in posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him.
Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.