| Winter in Union Square | |
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| Artist | Childe Hassam |
| Year | 1889–90 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 46.4 cm× 45.7 cm(18.3 in× 18.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Winter in Union Square is a late 19th-century painting by American artist Childe Hassam. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts Union Square in New York City during a winter snowstorm. The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The work was painted by Hassam from a vantage point on 17th Street, looking out over Union Square. The painting is done in Hassam's signature form of impressionism, and covers one of his favorite subjects; normally-crowded hubs of activity during the wintertime. [1] [2]
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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. He produced over 3,000 paintings, oils, watercolors, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career, and was an influential American artist of the early 20th century.
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July Fourteenth, Rue Daunou, 1910 is an early-20th-century painting by American impressionist Childe Hassam. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts the celebration of Bastille Day in Paris. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Surf, Isles of Shoals is a 1913 painting by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the rugged New England shoreline near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The painting is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Coast Scene, Isles of Shoals is a 1901 painting by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam, which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Broadway and 42nd Street is a 1902 painting by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Spring Morning in the Heart of the City is an 1890 oil-on-canvas painting by the American Impressionist artist Childe Hassam which is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city.
The Water Garden is a 1909 painting by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam. Done in oil on canvas, the painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Spring on West 78th Street is a 1905 oil painting by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam. The artwork is part of the collection of the Seattle Art Museum.
The Silver Veil and the Golden Gate is a late period, coastal landscape painting by American Impressionist Childe Hassam. Completed in 1914 during one of his visits to California, the piece depicts the Golden Gate Strait, a narrow passage connecting the San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean, as seen near Sausalito. The "silver veil" refers to the San Francisco fog that frequently envelops the region.
The California series by Childe Hassam is a series of approximately 28 works based on American Impressionist Childe Hassam's visits to Northern California at least three times, in 1904, 1908, and 1914, and Southern California at least once in 1927. The works between 1904 and 1914 feature images from the San Francisco Bay Area, while the 1927-28 works feature images from Los Angeles, San Diego, and Santa Barbara. Out of his approximately 4000 works, Hassam's focus on California is relatively small, with only 12 major California paintings completed between 1914 and 1919. Additional minor works in the series include approximately 16 or so etchings from 1916 to 1928. Most of the works made in 1928 were based on drawings from 1927. 11 of the 12 California paintings were created in 1914 and first exhibited as part of the "California Group" of 106 paintings total in the Exhibition of Pictures by Childe Hassam at the Montross Gallery in New York in 1915. A twelfth painting in the series, California, has been dated to 1919. The majority of Hassam's Calfiornia etchings were first exhibited at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1927.
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