Sotheby’s 3 December 2009

Childe Hassam’s 1895 painting, The White Dory, Gloucester from the collection of Winthrop L. and Margaret Carter of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (est. $2.5/3.5 million). In 1895, Hassam was at the height of his powers as an Impressionist. Hassam likely started The White Dory during his 1894 visit to Gloucester, and completed it in his studio during the winter months of 1895, finally exhibiting it at the National Academy of Design the following spring. Critics responded with enthusiasm; The New York Times declared at the time, “Agreeable in composition, charmingly drawn and painted, Mr. Hassam has invested this canvas with a brilliancy and realism of sunlight.” The canvas features a central figure, most likely the artist’s wife Maud, as the focal point of the composition and showcases Hassam’s impressionist staccato brushwork, which suggests the effects of the shimmering sun on both the water and the folds of the figures dress. Hassam would continue to paint Gloucester throughout the rest of his life, bringing the vibrancy and clarity of his Impressionist vision to this quintessentially American setting.

Sotheby’s May 21, 2009

Childe Hassam’s Newport (est. $500/700,000) is one of only seven paintings he did of this affluent New England town, most of which are in public collections. Each spring, Hassam made plans to leave his New York studio and spend the summer months visiting resorts along the New England coast. Despite his regular travels, Hassam had only one extended stay in Newport, Rhode Island, in September and October 1901. Newport was, at the time, at the height of its Golden Age, with wealthy American families flocking there in the summer. Like many of Hassam’s New England works, the church steeple is featured on the horizon, echoed by the tall masts of the boats in the foreground.

Sotheby’s NOVEMBER 30, 2005

Childe Hassam, Paris at Twilight (est. $600/800,000).

Hassam’s Paris scenes are among the earliest Impressionist images of urban life painted by an American, and the present work, painted in 1887 during the artist’s three-year sojourn abroad, exemplifies Hassam’s ongoing interest in urban subject matter and his growing preoccupation with the atmospheric effects of light ont he changing moods of the city.

Bonhams November 19, 2014

CHILDE HASSAM

(American, 1859-1935)

Lady in a Garden 18 x 15in

US$ 800,000 - 1.2 million

A spectacular work by renowned American Impressionist, Childe Hassam, called Lady in a Garden is estimated at $800,000 – $1,200,000. The oil on canvas was painted circa 1890 and represents one of the many gardens that Hassam visited on Appledore Island, the largest of the Isles of Shoals, just nine miles off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. Hassam's quick, light brushstrokes create a fantastically playful lighting effect. In the center of his composition, is a silhouette of a female figure, likely Mrs. Childe Hassam who has stopped to admire the blooming foliage.

Bonhams December 4, 2013

Splendid compositions from Childe Hassam lead a strong selection of American Impressionism on offer. In a private collection since 1964,

East Gloucester, End of the Trolley Line, 1895, exemplifies Hassam's mature style (est. $300,000-500,000). Effectively juxtaposing both the urban and rural aspects of Gloucester, Massachusetts, Hassam's practice of quick brush strokes to create a light, impressionistic touch is complemented in this work with his use of a palette knife.

Also on the block, the artist's 1900 composition Land's End, Coast of Maine characterizes his exceptional talent in rendering the fleeting effects of light and shadow through his looseness of brushstroke (est. $200,000-300,000).

Bonhams May 31, 2014

CHILDE HASSAM

(American, 1859-1935)

Woman in a Doorway 10 x 6 7/8in

US$ 60,000 - 80,000

Christie’s 19 November 2014

CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935)

THE OLD PARIS CAB STAND

$800,000 - $1,200,000 

Christie's May 22, 2014

Childe Hassam's stunning Impressionist work, Evening in the Rain, ( estimate: $1,000,000-1,500,000) captures a picturesque moment on a rain drenched sidewalk of lower Fifth Avenue. Hassam's passion for capturing the cityscapes that surrounded him immediately found direct expression in the works he produced, and critics quickly came to associate him with New York. In order to capture the ever-changing scenes around him, Hassam often executed quick sketches while seated in a cab or standing on the street. From the vantage point of the viewer, it seems entirely likely that Hassam sketched the composition for Evening in the Rain while out on one of his many jaunts around the city. The work includes all of the hallmarks of Hassam's celebrated works from the 1890s. Reflecting his fascination with his urban surroundings and the people that he encountered, Hassam pays homage to the city and captures the spirit of the end of the century in New York.

CHRISTIE’S 23 MAY 2013

The sale will also offer a fantastic array of Impressionist works, including Childe Hassam’s In a French Garden (estimate: $800,000-1,200,000), which demonstrates the artist’s abilities at the height of his career. The work features a favorite theme of the artist, women and flowers, as he depicts a model, likely Mrs. Hassam, reading a newspaper in a lush garden. Hassam painted In a French Garden, at the summer residence of his friend Ernest Blumenthal in the Parisian suburb of Villiers-le-bel. The artist found the grounds to be wonderfully inspiring, completing several other museum-quality works there, including

Gathering Flowers in a French Garden

and Geraniums.

The vibrant palette and varied brushwork of In a French Garden demonstrate Hassam’s developing Impressionist technique and contribute to the brilliant vision of a peaceful domestic moment.

Sotheby's May 17 2012

Childe Hassam

The American Art auction will offer an exciting rediscovery: Childe Hassam's In the Sun from 1888, which has never before been published (est. $1.5/2.5 million). Painted in Villiers-le-Bel - just outside Paris - during one of the most formative periods of Hassam's career, it is a quintessential example of the artist's Impressionist style.

At roughly midnight on 2 July 1976, three armed thieves broke into a Massachusetts home and ransacked the house. With no car of their own, the thieves packed up artwork - notably, Hassam's In the Sun and Gustav Courbet's The Shore of Lake Geneva - and other valuables into the car of the home's caretaker.

SOTHEBY’S DEC 4 2013