| Maker(s): | Hassam, Childe
| | Culture: | American (1859 - 1935)
| | Title: | White Island Light, Isles of Shoals, at Sundown
| | Date Made: | 1899
| | Type: | Painting
| | Materials: | oil on canvas
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | stretcher: 27 x 27 in.; 68.58 x 68.58 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signed and dated in maroon, purple and black paint at lower right: Childe Hassam / 1899, inscribed on verso at upper right in brown paint over pencil: White Island Light Isle of Shoals / at Sundown. / C.H. [initials in a circle] / 1899
| | Accession Number: | SC 1973.51
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Hodgkinson (Laura White Cabot, class of 1922)
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Currently on view |
Description:
landscape; water; outdoor
Label Text:
Childe Hassam was one of the leading American proponents of Impressionism, with its focus on depicting qualities of light. He experienced the work of the French Impressionists firsthand during three years of study in Paris, beginning in 1886. When he returned, he settled in New York, but seasonal painting trips to the country became an important counterpoint in his work.
One of his most frequent destinations was Appledore, the largest of the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast. Hassam frequented Appledore House, the island’s only hotel and the base camp for a salon of artists, writers, and musicians presided over by the poet Celia Thaxter. The craggy coastline and light-dappled seas were among Hassam’s favorite subjects. Here, South Gorge is depicted in the foreground of the painting, with the White Island lighthouse at the horizon.
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