- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Abbeville Press; annotated edition edition (Oct 15 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0789205874
- ISBN-13: 978-0789205872
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 26.1 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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From Library Journal
Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935) is considered the preeminent American Impressionist. He started at the Boston Art School, learning engraving and illustration, but went to Paris and studied with Boulanger and Lefebvre before eventually becoming one of "The Ten," a group of Impressionists. Filled with rainy or snow-covered city streets, colorful seaside gardens, patriotic flag-lined avenues, and exquisitely dressed women, his paintings are unmistakable. The authors of this current work approach different facets of Hassam and his work: gallerist Adelson looks at the artist in an international context drawing connections to Monet and Vuillard; William Gerdts (American Impressionism) looks at ongoing themes; and art historian Jay Cantor focuses on the departures of Hassam's later work, nudes, and East Hampton views. Many of the illustrations are familiar ones, but the authors gained access to many others in private collections that are reproduced here for the first time. The extensive illustrations, 200 in color, are complemented by a detailed illustrated chronology and extensive bibliography. Highly recommended as a necessary purchase for serious collections on American Art.
-Joseph C. Hewgley, Nashville P.L.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Joseph C. Hewgley, Nashville P.L.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Celebrates Hassam's imposing career as one of America's foremost impressionists. Adelson (president of Adelson Galleries), Cantor (teacher, writer and lecturer on American art) and Gerdts (author and professor emeritus, Graduate Center of the City U. of New York) approach the artist from several angles (an international context, his little-understood late work, and predominant themes) to reveal his many facets and uncover previously unknown aspects of his life and work. Illustrated with color reproductions that represent all of Hassam's styles, the volume concludes with an illustrated chronology and an annotated bibliography.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Flagrantly bad color rendition,
By A Customer
This review is from: Childe Hassam: Impressionist (Hardcover)
This will be the first and last Abbeville Press book I buy. Most of the plates are so far off in saturation, hue, lightness values they are laughable. Where reproductions of the same Hassam paintings appear in other books , such as American Impressionists (0823002128) or California Impressionists (0915977257), they are inviting and credible; here they are repugnant. I don't think I have ever seen plates so far off norm. I see that I have the first printing too, so it cannot be due to long run deviations. The sound you just heard was this clunker hitting the trash can.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Impressive art, informative biography,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Childe Hassam: Impressionist (Hardcover)
Beautiful full-page color photos are liberal in this fine survey of Hassam's career as an important American Impressionist artist. Hassam explored Impressionist themes in a variety of mediums: many of his pictures have been hidden in private collections until now, others are on public display. Childe Hassam, Impressionist gathers many public and private holdings and adds a survey of the artist's life and times.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful retrospective,
By A Customer
This review is from: Childe Hassam: Impressionist (Hardcover)
This book is a beautiful example of Hassam's many diverse styles. The book contains wonderful essays and photos with a chronology of Hassam's life. A great book for anyone who likes art.
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