Author: Adelson, Warren

Brand: Abbeville Press

Edition: 1st Edition

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• Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 15-10-1999

Details: Product Description Childe Hassam's impressive career as one of America's foremost Impressionists is celebrated and illuminated in this dazzlingly beautiful volume. No other American Impressionist ever surpassed the quality and variety of Hassam's output as a painter and draftsman. Equally talented in oils, watercolors, 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 color 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. From Library Journal Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935) is considered the preeminent American Impressionist. He started at the Boston Art School, learning engraving and illustration, but went to Paris and studied with Boulanger and Lefebvre before eventually becoming one of "The Ten," a group of Impressionists. Filled with rainy or snow-covered city streets, colorful seaside gardens, patriotic flag-lined avenues, and exquisitely dressed women, his paintings are unmistakable. The authors of this current work approach different facets of Hassam and his work: gallerist Adelson looks at the artist in an international context drawing connections to Monet and Vuillard; William Gerdts (American Impressionism) looks at ongoing themes; and art historian Jay Cantor focuses on the departures of Hassam's later work, nudes, and East Hampton views. Many of the illustrations are familiar ones, but the authors gained access to many others in private collections that are reproduced here for the first time. The extensive illustrations, 200 in color, are complemented by a detailed illustrated chronology and extensive bibliography. Highly recommended as a necessary purchase for serious collections on American Art. -Joseph C. Hewgley, Nashville P.L. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review 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 Review About the Author 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. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Excerpt from: Childe Hassam, Impressionist From Essay Three: Three Themes by William H. Gerdts For God and Country Hassam's art was grounded in tradition. This may seem a curious label for the achievement of a painter so fully associated with the aesthetics of Impressionism—an aesthetic that, for much of Hassam's lifetime, was considered the leading edge of artistic expression in America,

Package Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.7 x 1.2 inches

Languages: English