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Art, to me, is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain.

Childe Hassam

Art, to me is the interpretation of the impression which nature makes upon the eye and brain. The word 'Impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. [...] The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe. They take the ready-made axioms laid down by others, and walk blindly in a rut without trying to see for themselves.

Childe Hassam

I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.

Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

Childe Hassam

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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)

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