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CHILDE HASSAM (American, 1859-1935). Washington Scene (St. John's Church), 1926. Watercolor and graphite on paper. 13 x ...

Lot: 66024, Auction: 2009 November Signature European & American Art #5030

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Ended: Nov 10, 2009
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CHILDE HASSAM (American, 1859-1935)
Washington Scene (St. John's Church), 1926
Watercolor and graphite on paper
13 x 9 inches (33.0 x 22.9 cm)
Titled, signed and dated lower right: Washington / Childe Hassam March 29, 1926.

America's most famous Impressionist, Childe Hassam specialized in cityscapes and landscapes noted for their refined palette and technique. Born in Boston, he studied first at the Boston Art Club and then in Paris at the Académie Julian with Boulanger, Lefebvre and Doucet. It was in Paris that he embraced the Impressionism of Monet, Pissarro and Sisley, later introducing this style to American audiences. He exhibited in every major national and international exhibition of his time, won more than 30 important prizes and medals, and saw his work enter the principal collections of his day. A key figure in The Ten, a group of American Impressionists, Hassam was invited to participate in the 1913 Armory Show. The paintings in his estate were bequeathed to the American Academy of Arts and Letters - a magnificent legacy for modern artists.

Hassam frequently painted urban street life and architecture, and Washington Scene (St. John's Church) is one of a series of approximately twelve watercolors that he created while visiting the nation's capital. Other examples from this series are in the collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art and Harvard's Fogg Art Museum. Hassam's gestural brushwork and colorful palette are evident here in the wind-tousled tree foliage screening the church.

Hassam, Childe: . American painter and printmaker, 1859-1935

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Very good condition:  scattered, barely visible possible dots of foxing; not examined outside of frame.

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