Quote of the day
What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?
Childe Hassam
Born: October 17, 1859
Died: August 27, 1935 (aged 75)
Bio: Frederick Childe Hassam was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums.
Known for:
- The Avenue in the Rain (1917)
- Allies Day, May 1917 (1917)
- The Room of Flowers (1894)
- Poppies, Isles of Shoals (1891)
- The Goldfish Window (1916)