American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals

Name: American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals
Brand: Peabody Essex Museum
SKU: 9780300217315
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An exploration of the fascinating connections between the Isles of Shoals and the beautiful paintings that Childe Hassam created there

Childe Hassam (1859-1935) was the foremost American impressionist of his generation. Prolific in oil paintings and watercolors, he found his native New England to be a touchstone for his art. Hassam had a fascination with Appledore, the largest island of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire, and he traveled there almost every summer for thirty years.

This fascinating book traces Hassam's artistic exploration of Appledore and reveals a complex portrait of the island created over time. John W. Coffey, working with the marine biologist Hal Weeks, revisits Hassam's painting sites, identifying where, what, and how the artist painted on the island. Kathleen M. Burnside considers the range of the artist's stylistic responses to the island's nature. A photo essay by Alexandra de Steiguer reveals Appledore's enduring beauty.

Distributed for the North Carolina Museum of Art and the Peabody Essex Museum

Exhibition Schedule:

North Carolina Museum of Art
(03/19/16-06/19/16)

Peabody Essex Museum
(07/16/16-11/06/16)

Author: John W. Coffey
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Peabody Essex Museum
Published: 04/05/2016
Pages: 124
Weight: 2.5lbs
Size: 11.70h x 10.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780300217315

About the Author
Austen Barron Bailly is The George Putnam Curator of American Art, Peabody Essex Museum. John W. Coffey is deputy director and curator of American and modern art, North Carolina Museum of Art.

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