| Description |
xi, 425 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Director's Foreword -- Philippe de Montebello -- Sponsor's Statements -- Norman L. Peck, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation -- The Bank of New York -- Acknowledgments -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Contributors to the Catalogue -- Childe Hassam, American Impressionist -- Introduction -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Chapter 1 -- Hassam in Boston, 1859--1886 -- Stephanie L. Herdrich -- Chapter 2 -- Hassam in Paris, 1886-1889 -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Chapter 3 -- Hassam in New York, 1889--1896 -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Chapter 4 -- Hassam in New England, 1889--1918 -- Susan G. Larkin -- Chapter 5 -- Hassam's Travels, 1892--1914 -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Chapter 6 -- Hassam in New York, 1897--1919 -- H. Barbara Weinberg -- Chapter 7 -- Hasam 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 Hirshler -- Hassam's Gardens -- Lisa Miller -- "The subject that I am known for": Hassam's Pursuit of a Legacy" -- Kimberly Orcutt -- How Hassam Framed Hasssams -- Susan G. Larkin -- "On the crest of the wave": Hassam and the Marketing of His Art -- Dana Pilson -- "Man Sass 'Em": Hassam and His Contmeporary Critics" -- Kathleen M. Burnside -- Checklist of Works in the Exhibition -- Chronology -- Chronology of Lifetime Exhibitions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Photograph Credits |
| 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." |
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"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 10-Sept. 12, 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935 -- Exhibitions.
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Impressionism (Art) -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Barker, Elizabeth E.
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| LC no. |
2004004299 |
| ISBN |
1588391191 hardcover |
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1588391205 paperback |
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0300102933 Yale University Press |
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