Childe Hassam Rainy Day, Columbus Avenue, Boston, 1885 Oil on Canvas, Toledo Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott
About Childe Hassam
American Impressionist
1859
October 17, born on Olney Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a section of Boston, to Rosa Delia Hathorne Hassam (1834-1891 / 92) and Frederick Fitch Hassam (1825-1912), both descendants of seventeenth-century Massachusetts settlers. Frederick worked as a cutlery merchant and collected American antiques. The last name is pronounced "HASS-am".
1875 - 1878
Attended Dorchester High School, which was then a military school; studied drawing, watercolor, Latin, French, Greek, and German. Excelled at rugby, swimming, boxing.
1881
Studied drawing and anatomy at Lowell Institute, Boston. Took classes in anatomy and dissection.
1884
Married to Kathleen Maude Doan, Mr. Hassam moved to The Albemarle, at 282 Columbus Avenue on the corner of Clarendon Street in Boston's newly expanded South End. This is on the same block as the park. Began painting urban street scenes, including one of his most famous, Rainy Day - at the corner of Columbus Avenue, West Canton and Appleton Streets.
1880's
Included two trips to Europe where he settled in Paris for three years. It was there that he exhibited much of his works and received a bronze medal at Exposition Universelle.
1889
Moved to New York City. During the ensuing years Mr. Hassam painted many popular street and patriotic scenes in the city. Frequent travel to New England resulted in painting that depict scenes in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Isle of Shoals in New Hampshire, and Cos Cob and Old Lyme, Connecticut.
1919
Purchased a home in East Hampton, Long Island, where he spent summers until his death.
1935
August 27, died at age seventy-five in East Hampton
American Impressionist
1859
October 17, born on Olney Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a section of Boston, to Rosa Delia Hathorne Hassam (1834-1891 / 92) and Frederick Fitch Hassam (1825-1912), both descendants of seventeenth-century Massachusetts settlers. Frederick worked as a cutlery merchant and collected American antiques. The last name is pronounced "HASS-am".
1875 - 1878
Attended Dorchester High School, which was then a military school; studied drawing, watercolor, Latin, French, Greek, and German. Excelled at rugby, swimming, boxing.
1881
Studied drawing and anatomy at Lowell Institute, Boston. Took classes in anatomy and dissection.
1884
Married to Kathleen Maude Doan, Mr. Hassam moved to The Albemarle, at 282 Columbus Avenue on the corner of Clarendon Street in Boston's newly expanded South End. This is on the same block as the park. Began painting urban street scenes, including one of his most famous, Rainy Day - at the corner of Columbus Avenue, West Canton and Appleton Streets.
1880's
Included two trips to Europe where he settled in Paris for three years. It was there that he exhibited much of his works and received a bronze medal at Exposition Universelle.
1889
Moved to New York City. During the ensuing years Mr. Hassam painted many popular street and patriotic scenes in the city. Frequent travel to New England resulted in painting that depict scenes in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Isle of Shoals in New Hampshire, and Cos Cob and Old Lyme, Connecticut.
1919
Purchased a home in East Hampton, Long Island, where he spent summers until his death.
1935
August 27, died at age seventy-five in East Hampton
