DISCOVERING MORE ARTISTIC COMPANIONS
Have you had the opportunity to read our book, Through an Artist’s Eyes: Learning to Live Creatively? If so, perhaps you are searching for more artists companions, in addition to Monet, O’Keeffe, Matisse, among others, who are highlighted in the book.
How about American Impressionist Childe Hassam (1859-1935)? He is considered one of the leading figures of American Impressionism. Receiving his early art education in his native Boston, Hassam next spent three years of his twenties in Paris absorbing the style of French impressionism.
Childe Hassam, Au Grand Prix de Paris (At the Grand Prix de Paris), 1887, pastel over graphite on paperboard coated with sawdust, Corcoaran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Then he made New York his permanent residence where he painted such landarks as Washington Square and the bustling grandeur of Fifth Avenue during all seasons.
Childe Hassam, New York Street, oil on canvas, 1902, Bequest of Edna H. Lowenstein, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Childe Hassam, Allies Day, May, 1917, 1917, oil on canvas, Gift of Ethelyn McKinney in memory of her brother Glenn Ford McKinney, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
However, he often spent the summer months in his native New England, living on the island of Appledore, off the coast of New Hampshire. He stayed at the home of Celia Thaxter, a poet and patroness of the arts. Her garden inspired him again and again,
Childe Hassam, In the Garden (Celia Thaxter in Her Garden), 1892, oil on canvas, 22 1/4 inches x 18 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Gellatly
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