| Description |
xi, 425 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm |
| Note |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 10-Sept. 12, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Childe Hassam, American impressionist -- Introduction / H. Barbara Weinberg -- 1. Hassam in Boston, 1859-1886 / Stephanie L. Herdrich -- 2. Hassam in Paris, 1886-1889 / H. Barbara Weinberg -- 3. Hassam in New York, 1889-1896 / H. Barbara Weinberg -- 4. Hassam in New England, 1889-1918 / Susan G. Larkin -- 5. Hassam's travels, 1892-1914 / H. Barbara Weinberg -- 6. Hassam in New York, 1897-1919 / H. Barbara Weinberg -- 7. Hassam in East Hampton, 1898-1935 / H. Barbara Weinberg -- Media, subjects, presentation, marketing, and critical response -- Hassam's watercolors / Carol Troyen -- "A truly learned weaving of light and dark": Hassam's prints / Elizabeth E. Barker -- Hassam's pride in his ancestry / Elizabeth Broun -- Hassam and American architecture / Erica E. Hirshler -- Hassam's gardens / Lisa Miller -- "The subject that I am known for": Hassam's pursuit of a legacy / Kimberly Orcutt -- How Hassam framed Hassams / Susan G. Larkin -- "On the crest of the wave": Hassam and the marketing of his art / Dana Pilson -- "Man sass 'em": Hassam and his contemporary critics / Kathleen M. Burnside -- Chronology / Stephanie L. Herdrich and Megan Holloway -- Exhibitions in Hassam's lifetime / Elizabeth Block, Stephanie L. Herdrich, Megan Holloway, and Dana Pilson. |
| Summary |
""I believe the man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of every-day life around him," declared Childe Hassam in 1892. It was as a pioneer of American Impressionism and perhaps its most prolific and successful practitioner that Hassam (1859-1935) realized this credo. In so doing, he provided an account of our national life during a dynamic period. At the same time he helped to create a wave of enthusiasm for American Impressionism that he rode to fame and fortune." "Today he is best known for his portrayals of Celia Thaxter's old-fashioned garden on Appledore Island, Maine, and his depictions of the flags, banners, and bunting displayed on New York's tall buildings in patriotic response to World War I." "This illustrated publication accompanies a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, the first retrospective presentation of Hassam's work in a museum since 1972. Unique to this volume are an account of Hassam's lifelong campaign to market his art, a study of the frames he selected and designed for his paintings, and an unprecedented lifetime exhibition record. Included in addition are a checklist of works in the exhibition and a chronology of Hassam's life. All works in the exhibition as well as comparative materials are reproduced."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 -- Exhibitions.
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Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935. (OCoLC)fst00036945
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Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935.
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Impressionism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Impressionism (Art) (OCoLC)fst00968249
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Impressionnisme.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogues.
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Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Barker, Elizabeth E.
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| Added Title |
Childe Hassam |
| ISBN |
1588391191 (hardcover) |
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9781588391193 (hardcover) |
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1588391205 (pbk.) |
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9781588391209 (pbk.) |
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0300102933 (Yale University Press) |
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9780300102932 (Yale University Press) |
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