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<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> (1888) emerges from a pivotal moment in Childe Hassam’s early career, created during his period of study in Paris when he was absorbing the influence of the French Impressionists while already demonstrating the skill of an accomplished academic painter. In this finely observed scene along the banks of the Seine, Hassam turns his attention to everyday urban life, depicting Parisians as they browse the open air bookstalls that have lined the river for generations.</font></div>
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<br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>The painting reflects Hassam’s gift for portraying people interacting naturally with their surroundings, a hallmark of his finest works. Here he captures not only the activity of the booksellers but also the shifting atmosphere of the city itself, conveyed through soft dabs of paint that suggest autumn leaves floating gently through the air and settling along the foreground. This delicate blending of human presence, weather, and light reveals Hassam’s deep interest in the transient beauty of urban life and marks <em>Booksellers by the Seine</em> as an evocative example from an essential period in his artistic development.</font></div>
CHILDE HASSAM
Booksellers by the Seine
1888
28 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.
oil on canvas

<div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black><em>The Isle of Shoals</em> reflects one of the most personal and sustained subjects in the career of Childe Hassam, remaining in the artists own collection for twenty years. Hassam first visited the Isles of Shoals in 1884, returning regularly until 1915, and the rugged beauty of this small island group off the Gulf of Maine became a central source of inspiration throughout his life. The shifting light, scattered wildflowers, and crystalline waters offered a constant supply of visual poetry, and the islands became the setting for many of his most luminous and celebrated landscapes and coastal scenes.</font></div>
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<br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>Similar views of the Isles of Shoals now reside in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art, underscoring the importance of the subject within Hassam’s oeuvre. The significance of this body of work was further affirmed in 2016 when the Peabody Essex Museum organized a major exhibition devoted entirely to his Shoals paintings.</font></div>
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<br><div><font face=Lato size=3 color=black>In <em>The Isle of Shoals</em>, Hassam captures the clear northern light and the quiet splendor of the rocky coast, presenting a scene that reflects both the serenity of the islands and the artists deep connection to them.</font></div>
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CHILDE HASSAM
The Isle of Shoals
1908
25 x 30 in.
oil on cradled wooden panel

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