Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
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)