Childe Hassam: Colour Plates

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Childe Hassam: Colour Plates Details

Frederick Childe Hassam (1859–1935) is a pioneer of American Impressionism and one of its most dedicated, creative, and flourishing practitioners. His works manifest his brilliant handling of color and light and reflect his credo: "The man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of every-day life around him." Hassam spent long periods in the countryside where he found relief from urban pressures and inspiration. His various paintings of the gardens, rocky coast, and bright sunlight of the Isles of Shoals are among his most treasured works. Hassam produced more than 2500 paintings, watercolors and etchings in way of his career, and was a significant American artist of 20th century. Until a revival of interest in American Impressionism, Hassam was considered "abandon genius" and achieved great critical and public acclaim.