Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935). Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890. Oil on canvas, frame: 25 3/4 x 29 5/8 x 4 in. (65.4 x 75.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Pratt Barringer and Richardson Pratt, Jr. in memory of Richardson and Laura Pratt, 85.286 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.286_PS20.jpg)
Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935). Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890. Oil on canvas, frame: 25 3/4 x 29 5/8 x 4 in. (65.4 x 75.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Pratt Barringer and Richardson Pratt, Jr. in memory of Richardson and Laura Pratt, 85.286 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.286_framed_PS20.jpg)
Poppies on the Isles of Shoals
Frederick Childe Hassam
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, To Give Flowers
Throughout his career, Frederick Childe Hassam made several extended trips to Europe, where he was inspired by the sights and the many artists he met there. A Back Road, completed the year after his first European tour, demonstrates a compositional daring and freedom of brushwork that were still unusual in American art of this period. Influenced by the work of the nineteenth-century French Barbizon School, Hassam emphasized heavy brushstrokes and intense lighting effects.
During a return visit several years later, Hassam found “a charming old French garden” at Villiers-le-Bel, near Paris. The setting reminded him of Appledore Island off the coast of Maine, home to his friend, the poet Celia Thaxter. Poppies on the Isles of Shoals is one of a number of works painted on Appledore in the years immediately following his Paris sojourn.
During a return visit several years later, Hassam found “a charming old French garden” at Villiers-le-Bel, near Paris. The setting reminded him of Appledore Island off the coast of Maine, home to his friend, the poet Celia Thaxter. Poppies on the Isles of Shoals is one of a number of works painted on Appledore in the years immediately following his Paris sojourn.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1890
DIMENSIONS
frame: 25 3/4 x 29 5/8 x 4 in. (65.4 x 75.2 x 10.2 cm)
18 x 21 15/16 in. (45.7 x 55.7 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower right: "Childe Hassam 1890"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
85.286
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mary Pratt Barringer and Richardson Pratt, Jr. in memory of Richardson and Laura Pratt
PROVENANCE
Prior provenance not yet documented; before 1985, acquired by Milch Galleries, New York, NY; before 1985, purchased from Milch Galleries by Richardson and Laura Pratt; 1985, inherited from Laura Pratt by Mary Pratt Barringer (Mrs. C. Minor Barringer) and Richardson Pratt, Jr.; December 30, 1985, gift of Mary Pratt Barringer and Richardson Pratt, Jr. to the Brooklyn Museum.
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Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935). Poppies on the Isles of Shoals, 1890. Oil on canvas, frame: 25 3/4 x 29 5/8 x 4 in. (65.4 x 75.2 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Pratt Barringer and Richardson Pratt, Jr. in memory of Richardson and Laura Pratt, 85.286 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.286_PS20.jpg)
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overall, 85.286_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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