Sea Nymph on a Rocky Ledge, Star Island

Catalog no. 0000646

MediumOil on Canvas
Size14 1/4 x 11 1/4 Inches
SignedSigned LR: Childe Hassam
DateDated 1886

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About the artist

One of the founders of the American impressionist group known simply as "The Ten", Frederick Childe Hassam was born to a prominent Boston family and began his artistic career as an illustrator for publications such as Scribner’s and Harper’s. In 1886 he began a three year sojourn in Paris at the Acadamie Julien where he came under the spell of the French impressionists, such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro. Although the French influence is strongly evident in his subsequent work, Hassam considered himself more of a devotee of British watercolorists Turner and Constable. Upon his return…

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