Childe Hassam Plein-air works - magnificent

Dock Scene, Gloucester is a remarkable example of Childe Hassam's uniquely American vision of Impressionism. Hassam's works of the late 1880s and 1890s are generally considered to be his finest. In 1889 he returned from a trip to Paris where he had immersed himself in the Impressionist aesthetic, and settled in New York where he painted lively urban scenes of the city's famous parks, squares and buildings. During the summers, Hassam retreated to New England, frequently to Appledore in the Isles of Shoals off of the New Hampshire coast, and later to Gloucester on the Cape Ann peninsula in Massachusetts about forty miles north of Boston. It was on these summer painting campaigns at the lively artists' colonies on Appledore and in Gloucester that Hassam perfected his plein-air Impressionist style.

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

Dock Scene, Gloucester

signed and dated 'Childe Hassam 1896' (lower right)

oil on canvas

24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)

Sold $ 1M in 2001

Another Plein-air scene:

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

Dock Scene, Gloucester

signed and dated 'Childe Hassam./Gloucester. 1894' with artist's crescent device (lower left)

oil on canvas

22¼ x 21 in. (56.5 x 53.3 cm.)

Sold $ 800,000 in 2014

Another magnificent Hassam

Childe Hassam (1859-1935)

Just Off the Avenue, Fifty-third Street, May 1916

signed and dated 'Childe Hassam May 1916' with artist's crescent device (lower left)

oil on canvas

31 ¼ x 26 ½ in. (79.4 x 67.3 cm.)

Painted in 1916.

Sold $ 2.5 M in 2017

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