
Childe Hassam
Impressionist
Warren Adelson(Author)
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Published on 4. November 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7892-0587-2 (ISBN)
Description
No other American Impressionist ever surpassed the quality and variety of Hassam's output as a painter and draftsman. Equally talented in oils, watercolours, and prints, he explored rain-swept city scenes, glorious gardens, exquisite women, and stirring flag-lined streets. Many of these irresistible pictures are hidden in private collections and are rarely, if ever, accessible to the public; others are on view at major museums across the country, from the Metropolitan Museum to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
By approaching Childe Hassam (1859-1935) from different angles, the three authors reveal this multitalented artist's many facets and uncover previously unknown aspects of his life and work. The authoritative essays are illustrated with a brilliant array of colour illustrations that represent all of Hassam's styles, from Barbizon-inspired Tonalism to Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. The book concludes with an invaluable illustrated chronology and an annotated bibliography.
By approaching Childe Hassam (1859-1935) from different angles, the three authors reveal this multitalented artist's many facets and uncover previously unknown aspects of his life and work. The authoritative essays are illustrated with a brilliant array of colour illustrations that represent all of Hassam's styles, from Barbizon-inspired Tonalism to Impressionism to Post-Impressionism. The book concludes with an invaluable illustrated chronology and an annotated bibliography.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for Childe Hassam, Impressionist: "This is an art-lovers dream of a book. The triumvirate of authors are well-known experts on the American impressionist movement, and obviously care deeply about their subject. It is a lavishly lighted, flower-bedecked, and flag-draped beautiful world that Childe Hassam saw from the window of his upper floor studio, and this book is like a gift of that world, beautifully wrapped for the reader." -- The Bloomsbury ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
2087 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7892-0587-2 (9780789205872)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Warren Adelson is president of Adelson Galleries, New York, and a recognized authority on American Impressionism. Jay E. Cantor established the American Paintings Department at Christies and has taught, lectured, and written widely on American art. William H. Gerdts, recently retired as professor of art history, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of several Abbeville titles, including American Impressionism, California Impressionism, and Impressionist New York. All three live in New York.
Content
Table of Contents from: Childe Hassam, Impressionist: Childe Hassam: Cosmopolitan and Patriot (Warren Adelson) Beyond Impressionism: Hassam's Twentieth-Century Work (Jay E. Cantor) Three Themes: The City; A World of Flowers; For God and Country (William H. Gerdts) Chronology (Richard H. Finnegan) Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography (Richard H. Finnegan) Index