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Childe Hassam: Winter in Union Square
Childe Hassam: Winter in Union Square Winter in Union Square, oil on canvas by Childe Hassam, c. 1889–90; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Childe Hassam

American painter
Also known as: Frederick Childe Hassam
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Childe Hassam (born October 17, 1859, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 27, 1935, East Hampton, New York) was a painter and printmaker, one of the foremost exponents of French Impressionism in American art. Hassam studied in Boston and Paris (1886–89), where he fell under the influence of the Impressionists and took to painting in brilliant color with touches of pure pigment. On his return from Paris he settled in New York City, where he became a...

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