As F39-9 36 -A473 no.58 1927 LIBRARY OF THE ERSITY OF VIRGINIA ITY UNI 1819 OF VIRGINIA PRESENTED BY PUBLISHER A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHILDE HASSAM AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS 633 WEST 155TH STREET NEW YORK CITY CADEMY PATION ICHOTHER OF ARTS LETTERS AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS 1927 PRICE 25 CENTS p EXHIBITION OPEN FROM APRIL 21 TO OCTOBER 21, 1927 EXCEPTING AUGUST A CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF CHILDE HASSAM AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS 633 WEST 155TH STREET NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY OPORTVNITY INSPIRATION ACHIEVEMENT OF ARTS VU AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS 1927 [ACADEMY PUBLICATION NO. 58] b ч AS 36 .A473 410.58 1927 MAR 4 G Wilde Hanam 0 FOREWORD The significance of Mr. Hassam's work has been well expressed in the following letter from Mr. John Gel- latly: DEAR HASSAM: New York, April 12, 1927 I feel that in your coming Exhibi- tion at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, having had the privilege. of seeing your assembled work that is to be shown, the words of the great French artist "America has had a Renaissance in Art as great as that of the Italian Renaissance only the American people do not know it yet,' will be verified, and I trust that the exhibition will open American eyes to the truth expressed by the French artist. To me the artist's words seem ACADEMY NOTES 5 b 6 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY very true, but I feel to go further than he did, for somehow the fresh- ness, originality, beauty and purity in the work of the great group of our artists in the latter half of the nine- teenth century, and the surviving members of that group until the pres- ent time, would lead one back through the centuries to the clear beauty in Greek Art. The Italian Renaissance was bur- dened with decoration, the American Renaissance portrays nature and has more of the beautiful simplicity of the Greek. It seems to me that no painter's brush has more truly met the com- mand recorded in the Book of Genesis "Let there be light" than yours. This you have done with truth and charm and poetry, and I think that you, who are perhaps the youngest of the group, will always be remembered as among the great and leading men honored by the French artist's words. You have expressed yourself so well in the pictures shimmering with light ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 7 and poetic truth, that I realize that your skill in handling enduring color assures a permanence in beauty which will endure for as long time as have the masterpieces of the fifteenth cen- tury. Believe me with keen appreciation. and true admiration, Very sincerely yours, John Gellatly AND MONOGRAPHS THE SUN ROOM IO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY The following letter from the late Joseph Pennell, himself a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is an illuminating characteri- zation of Mr. Hassam as a painter- etcher: DEAR HASSAM: February 23, 1923 I have been looking at your new plates, and at some of the old ones, which Keppels tell me you are about to show in their gallery. I think it will be a most interesting exhibition, for two reasons: first, because the plates are good, and, second, because they are your own subjects. They are you and that is what most etchers' work is not, though that to be your- self, to be personal, as you and I know, is the basis of all etching which is worth anything, but most etching is worth nothing! Besides your things are not the products of a sudden com- mission to fill a long-felt want, or to be in the fashion of the moment, of rapid trips with only time to make bad ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS II sketches, often only to buy picture postcards, and then rush back to try to accomplish the impossible, though the manufacture of such machines may fill the manufacturer's pockets and fool his public-but the subjects of your plates are the subjects you know, the motives about you that you always have known, and now in your ripe years are able to put on copper when you want and because you know they can only be done by that fascinating, entangling, madden- ing method-etching! But, my dear Hassam, why am I writing this poppy-cock and drivel? You know and I know, and mighty few other of the people who have rushed into art in this country know, that America, our country, is full of subjects, and that our New York is the most marvellous and endless sub- ject on the face of the earth. We have been trying to show this, and teach this, and put our preaching before the blind, the halt, and the thieves we have been the prey of for years, and your show is another proof that New AND MONOGRAPHS 12 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY England is also worth doing, that there are American women still left who do not look like flappers, that there are other methods besides trac- ing photographs, of drawing nudes, and that there are other ways and other motives than even yours and mine for etching New York. These are the reasons why I like your work, built up "on the knowl- edge of a lifetime," and not upon ex- pressions, cubism, incompetence and conceit, the backbone of the rot and rubbish foisted by strange sharpers and incompetents-there are lots of blatant Americans, as they call them- selves, among them-fooling the most gullible and ignorant public in the world, crying they know not why, save as an investment, for art and getting artlessness, but cocksure in the valor of their ignorance. We also know that James McNeill Whistler is the greatest of etchers, be- cause his aims and his accomplish- ments were the highest in his practice of "the science of the beautiful" in the science of etching the most perfect ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 13 at ft at C- nd ad Ke 1- d d st e 1 1 and not the easy, empty products of a misspent day. And sure in our con- victions and in our beliefs we will go on, my dear Hassam, till the end of the chapter, to the best of our ability, founded the traditions of the upon ages in art, and not upon the latest fake and cut to escape beauty and avoid work; for we know that with- out the highest aims and the hardest work, nothing decent can be done. Most people in art don't know enough to come in when it rains, or dare to go out for fear they will get their feet wet. And we are also, though that is not our aim, showing the peo- ple that they can collect good work without being millionaires, and that if if they collect-these collectors-the works of their contemporaries rather than confining themselves to the works of their predecessors, they will be doing something for art, something for artists and something of them- selves. We, you and I, in our prints. are giving them the chance and are going to go on doing so. Because we love art, and because we love AND MONOGRAPHS 14 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY this undiscovered country-our coun- try-which is full of art-though near swamped by artless artfulness. So let us go on together. We started together, we have worked to- gether as friendly rivals, each in his own way, and we will go on together to the end. Joseph Pennell ACADEMY NOTES 7- e S Er 11 POMONA CHILDE HASSAM MR. HASSAM WAS BORN IN DOR- CHESTER (NOW A PART OF THE CITY OF BOSTON), OCTOBER 17, 1859, AND STUDIED IN BOSTON AND PARIS. MEMBER: ASSOCIATE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, 1902, NA- TIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, NEW YORK, 1906, AMERICAN WATER COL- OR SOCIETY, NEW YORK WATER COLOR CLUB, BOSTON ART CLUB, TEN AMERICAN PAINTERS, MUN- ICH SECESSION, SOCIETE NATION- AL DES BEAUX ARTS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. AWARDS: BRONZE MEDAL, PARIS EXPOSITION, 1892; GOLD MEDAL FOR WATER COLOR, ART CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA, 1892; GOLD MEDAL, ACADEMY NOTES 17 18 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHI- CAGO, 1893; PRIZE, CLEVELAND ART ASSOCIATION, 1893, WEBB PRIZE, SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS, NEW YORK, 1895; PRIZE BOSTON ART CLUB, 1896; SECOND CLASS MEDAL, CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, 1898; TEMPLE GOLD MEDAL, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1899; SILVER MEDAL, PARIS EXPOSITION, 1901; GOLD MEDAL, PAN AMERICAN EXPOSI- TION, BUFFALO, 1901; GOLD MEDAL, ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION, 1904; THOMAS B. CLARK PRIZE ($300), SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARTISTS, 1905; THIRD CLASS MEDAL, CAR- NEGIE INSTITUTE, 1905; LIPPIN- COTT PRIZE, PENNSYLVANIA ACAD- EMY OF FINE ARTS, 1906; CAR- NEGIE PRIZE, SOCIETY OF AMERI- CAN ARTISTS, 1906; THIRD PRIZE, WORCESTER, 1906; SESNAN GOLD MEDAL, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1910; EVANS PRIZE ($300) AMERICAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY, 1912; THIRD PRIZE W. A. CLARK, CORCORAN ART GALLERY, ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 19 T 1910; FIRST W. A. CLARK PRIZE ($2,000) AND CORCORAN GOLD MED- AL, WASHINGTON, 1912; ALTMAN PRIZE ($500) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, 1918; HUDNUT PRIZE ($300) AMERICAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY, 1919; PHILADELPHIA WATER COLOR CLUB PRIZE, ($300) 1919; GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, 1920; GOLD MEDAL FOR PAINTING, PHILADELPHIA ART CLUB, 1915; ALTMAN PRIZE ($500) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, 1922; ALTMAN PRIZE, ($1,000) NA- TIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, 1924; ALTMAN PRIZE ($1,000) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, 1926; GOLD MEDAL FOR PAINTING, SESQUI- CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, PHILA- DELPHIA, 1926. REPRESENTED: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM; CORCORAN ART GAL- LERY, WASHINGTON; CINCINNATI MUSEUM; CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH; MUSEUM OF ART, TOLEDO; FINE ARTS ACADEMY, BUFFALO; RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL AND MONOGRAPHS 20 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY ART OF DESIGN, PROVIDENCE; WOR- CESTER ART MUSEUM; EVANS COL- LECTION, FREER GALLERY, WASH- INGTON; NATIONAL GALLERY, WASHINGTON; PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY, PHILADELPHIA; ASSOCIATION, INDIANAPOLIS; IN- STITUTE OF ARTS, DETROIT; ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO; MINNE- APOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS; BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM; CITY ART MUSEUM, ST. LOUIS; HARRISON GALLERY, LOS ANGELES. ACADEMY NOTES Y. A T T EASTER MORNING 1. JUNE CATALOGUE OIL PAINTINGS Painted at Old Lyme, Conn. from a classic point of view. Received the Carnegie prize at the last Exhibition of the Society of American Artists and the Carnegie prize from the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Lent by Mrs. Hassam 2. BAY OF NAPLES Morning 3. THE OPAL Called so from the color scheme. 4. BEACON STREET, BOSTON The artist painted this picture Septem- ber 17, 1919, quite unaware that it was an historical moment in American His- tory. It was the time of the Boston Police strike. The traffic officer in the foreground is a member of one of Boston's most prominent families. Note armed soldiers with fixed bayonets at the crossing. Little, Brown & Co. hoisted the American flag, which is seen in the picture. 5. THE OPEN WINDOW A window in Celia Thaxter's cottage on the Isles of Shoals. 6. PORTRAIT IN THE PARK ACADEMY NOTES 23 24 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 7. THE EVENING HOUR Called by the late Frank Duveneck "Hassam's Angelus." It typifies the evening hour in Brittany when the Angelus is ringing. 8. SELF PORTRAIT Painted in the artist's studio in the old Rembrandt on 57th Street, New York City, 1898. Lent by Mrs. Hassam 9. STILL LIFE The whole window frame incorporated in the frame itself came out of an old Church built by the early English set- tlers at Easthampton. The entire church was hewn out of swamp cedar. The sash was given to Mr. Hassam by his carpenter, who had some sentiment for the old building, when the select- men of Easthampton decided to tear down the old church in spite of the efforts of Mrs. Tyler's mother, who was of the Lion Gardiner family, who offered to endow and support it if it was left standing. The selectmen of Easthampton refused her offer as they wanted no old buildings. There were enough of them in the town. Henry Ford had not been born. 10. AGAINST THE LIGHT Portrait of a young girl. Lent by Miss R. B. Moore ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 25 11. LOOKING INTO THE LITTLE SOUTH ROOM Painted at Easthampton. One of the old houses built by the early English set- tlers. Lent by Mrs. Hassam 12. PORTRAIT OF MISS INGRAM A model whom Mr. Hassam painted a many times. 13. POSILIPPO Looking toward Posilippo from Naples. Lent by Miss R. B. Moore 14. THE NEW YORK WINTER WINDOW Showing the lower parts of skyscrapers looming in the distance and the snow on the tops of the houses. 15. SERVICE FLAGS, PHILADELPHIA Showing a silhouette of the City Hall. 16. MALHEUR BUTTE Oregon Lent by Mrs. Hassam 17. PHRYNE Study of a nude in an interior. 18. OUTDOOR PORTRAIT Painted at the Isles of Shoals. 19. THE TOP OF THE CLIFFS Montauk, L. I. Outdoor study of the nude. AND MONOGRAPHS 26 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 20. OSCAR LEIGHTON Mr. Leighton lived at Appledore on the Isles of Shoals all his life and was a brother of Celia Thaxter-Mr. Hassam painted this portrait in two hours. 21. WINTER One of the New York Winter Series. 22. THE BERYL GORGE 23. THE BOWL OF NASTURTIUMS One of the Window series. Painted at Old Lyme, Conn. (The late Richard Watson Gilder said that he thought this would be one of Mr. Hassam's most famous pictures.) 24. THE PRETTY POOL A pool at Bass Rocks on Cape Anne, so named by the children who played in it. 25. TANAGRA A New York subject. The model is holding a Tanagra figurine. Through the window can be seen the erection of a skyscraper. This picture is symbolic of the growth of New York, trying to come up in a beautiful way. Lent by John Gellatly, Esquire 26. THE ROOM OF FLOWERS Celia Thaxter's salon at Appledore, Isles of Shoals. A room filled with flowers and most everything else, from ACADEMY NOTES TANAGRA 28 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY a Grand Rapids rocking chair to the most exquisite Venetian glass vases and period pieces of Colonial furniture. Mr. Hassam was elected to the Champs de Mars Salon on this picture. A Paris journalist remarked that the title should be "Cherchez la femme." Lent by Mrs. Hassam 27. EASTER MORNING, 1921 Portrait of a New York girl. New York Window series. 28. ARCADY The trees are the Giant Ailanthus. Painted at Easthampton,_showing the three different Lilacs. This painting I was in the artist's exhibit at the Cen- tennial Exhibition of the National Academy of Design. 29. VENETIAN BROCADE Portrait of Sylvia Jewell in Mr. Gel- latly's ball room. 30. JULY NIGHT Painted at Easthampton in Ruger Donoho's garden. Mr. Alexander Har- rison and Mr. Donoho arranged these lanterns for a Fourth of July celebra- tion in 1898. Portrait of Mrs. Hassam. Lent by Mrs. Hassam 31. POMONA A classic subject and an attempt to carry out the classic spirit. Lent by John Gellatly, Esquire ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 29 I. N 32. THE DOGWOOD TREE The Painted at Easthampton, L. I. artist used the little amours to carry out the decorative intent. 33. THE SUN ROOM Portrait of Mr. Hassam's niece painted at Easthampton. The flower in the glass dish is the American Tree Tulip. Winner of the Altman prize ($500) in the Winter Exhibition, 1922 of the Na- tional Academy of Design. 34. STILL LIFE Against the light. 35. THE PLAY OF LIGHT A mantle in the summer home of the artist at Easthampton, now nearing 300 years of age and built by early English settlers. 36. COLONIAL CROCKS These jars are probably of oriental origin and brought back by the Whal- ers to Sag Harbor and found there in the old houses. 37. OCTOBER, 1918 Old cottage in Easthampton. Lent by Miss R. B. Moore 38. AGAINST THE LIGHT Portrait of a Model. 39. VESUVIUS Naples. AND MONOGRAPHS 30 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY The following small Oils are in the cases: 40. APPLEDORE, ISLES OF SHOALS 41. RHONDA Spain. 42. NUDE ON THE BANK 43. WHITE ISLAND LIGHT Isles of Shoals in Moonlight. WATER COLORS 44. AFTERNOON, PROMISED LAND 45. OLD DELMONICOS, 1892 46. COURT STREET, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 47. THE BROWNSTONE STOOP, NEW YORK 18. THE ISLAND GARDEN 49. THUNDERSTORM ON THE OREGON TRAIL 50. AUDITORIUM, CHICAGO, 1890 WATER COLORS IN CASES 51. HIRAM SHERRILL'S FIELD Easthampton. 52. SAMMIE'S BEACH Easthampton. ACADEMY NOTES S JUNE 32 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 53. GEORGICA 54. YOUNG PAN 55. THALASSA 56. YOUNG PAN 57. COURT STREET CORNER, PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 58. SURESNES 59. STRATHAM HILL 60. THE MARE'S TAIL SKY 61. COURTYARD, TOLEDO 62. CHURCH TOWER, BROAD- STAIRS, ENGLAND 63. LANNION, BRITTANY 64. CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL 65. WINTER, 1918, COLUMBUS CIRCLE 66. BROADSTAIRS 67. BROADSTAIRS, BLEAK HOUSE PASTELS 68. OLD HOUSE, COS COB 69. OLD HOUSE, COS COB ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 33 PASTELS IN CASES 70. OLD DUTCH CHURCH, FISHKILL 71. THE TIDAL DAM AND BRIDGES Cos Cob. 72. MOONRISE AT SUNSET, COS COB 73. BOSTON POST ROAD, GREEN- WICH 74. CEDRIC'S GARDEN Isles of Shoals. 75. THE SALT HAY MAKERS 76. THE OLD BRUSH HOUSE, COS COB 77. WOOD CHOPPER, COS COB 78. THE SHRIMPERS, COS COB DRAWINGS IN CASES 79. JULIA Drawing for a portrait 80. HARRIETTE Drawing for a portrait 81. THE OLD MULFORD HOUSE 82. THE FLOOR OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE AND MONOGRAPHS 34 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 83. ST. PHILIP'S, CHARLESTON 84. SPRING IN CHARLESTON 85. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 86. YOUNG SAPPHO 87. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 1st 88. THE WASHINGTON ELMS 89. THE DUET (Drawing in Sanguine) 90. ST. JOHN'S, WASHINGTON 91. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 3rd 92. ST. MICHAEL'S, CHARLESTON 93. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 2nd 94. THE VIADUCT AT 138th STREET 95. EASTHAMPTON ELMS IN MAY 96. MT. VERNON 97. THE WHITE HOUSE 98. THE OLD FORT, ST. AUGUSTINE 99. A LIVE OAK GROWING IN THE SOUTH LITHOGRAPHS AND LITHOTINTS 100. AVENUE OF THE ALLIES ACADEMY NOTES ww THE NEW YORK WINTER WINDOW LOOKING INTO THE LITTLE SOUTH ROOM OF ARTS AND LETTERS 37 101. LAFAYETTE STREET, NEW YORK (Lithotint) LITHOGRAPHS AND LITHOTINTS IN CASES 102. LA GLOIRE French Cruiser in the Hudson during the War. (Lithotint) 103. THE LITHOGRAPHER (Lithotint) 104. STORM KING (Lithotint) 105. NEW YORK BOUQUET 106. THE NORTH RIVER ETCHINGS IN CASES 107. THE FLOOR OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE 108. THE OLD MULFORD HOUSE 109. WINNICUT POND Near Exeter, N. H. 110. UPPER MANHATTAN Hell Gate Bridge. 111. INDEPENDENCE HALL AND MONOGRAPHS 38 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 112. BATTERY PARK 113. THE WHITE HOUSE, 1st 114. HELEN BURKE 115. THE SWIMMER, BASS ROCKS 116. ST. JOHN'S, WASHINGTON 117. THE WASHINGTON ELMS 118. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 119. THE FLAG 120. CHURCH TOWER, PORTS- MOUTH, N. H. 121. RAIN DROPS IN SURF 122. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 1st Baltimore. 123. WATER MILL 124. CLAIRE MARTEL 125. SPRING IN CHARLESTON 126. OLD DUTCH CHURCH, FISHKILL 127. INCOMING TIDE 128. ST. PHILIPS, CHARLESTON 129. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 3rd Baltimore. ACADEMY NOTES OF ARTS AND LETTERS 39 130. EASTHAMPTON IDYLL 131. ST. MICHAEL'S, CHARLESTON 132. WASHINGTON MONUMENT, 2nd Baltimore. 133. WASHINGTON, APRIL 134. TREES OF HEAVEN 135. THE PAGEANT DANCE 136. COS COB DOCKS 137. CHURCH AT OLD LYME 138. MRS. K. VAN R. 139. MIDSUMMER 140. GIRL IN A MODERN GOWN 141. MARIE AT THE WINDOW 142. THE VIADUCT AT 138th ST. 143. ALONG THE SHORE 144. THE VERMONT VILLAGE 145. EASTHAMPTON ELMS IN MAY 146. MT. VERNON 147. THE WHITE HOUSE, 3rd 148. THE SUN ROOM 149. THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND MONOGRAPHS 40 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 150. THE HAY BARN 151. EASTHAMPTON 152. THE BEACH, EASTHAMPTON 153. THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER Winter. 154. NYSSA SYLVATICA 155. THE "HOME SWEET HOME" COTTAGE, EASTHAMPTON 156. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 157. TIDE WATER POOLS, NAPEAGUE BEACH 158. THE WRITING DESK 159. COLONIAL CHURCH, GLOUCESTER 160. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY 23rd Street, New York. 161. YOUNG SAPPHO 162. CHURCH ACROSS THE WAY 163. OLD CHINATOWN San Francisco. 164. OLD LACE 165. CALVARY CHURCH IN SNOW ACADEMY NOTES ▪་ Y ND OUT DOOR PORTRAIT 42 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 166. OLD FORT, ST. AUGUSTINE 167. A LIVE OAK GROWING IN THE SOUTH The following etchings just published will be shown in a portfolio by appointment upon request: 168. OLD HOUSES ON RAMPART STREET, NEW ORLEANS 169. THE NEW CABILDO 170. NEW ORLEANS 171. COURT IN THE VIEUX CARRE, NEW ORLEANS 172. GEN. JACKSON'S HOUSE AND THE OLD SPANISH ARMORY New Orleans. 173. PATIO IN THE VIEUX CARRE 174. PORTRAIT OF EDWARD BOREIN The Cowboy Etcher, Santa Barbara. 175. TIJUANA 176. THE PLAZA DE LA GUERRA, Santa Barbara. 177. CONTOURS OF LOS ANGELES 178. DESERT GARDEN, ARIZONA 179. EUCALYPTUS TREES, CORON- ADO ACADEMY NOTES Y 43 OF ARTS AND LETTERS 2 RE RE D I THE W me 180 CORONADO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 181. POINT LOMO, CALIFORNIA 182. A CALIFORNIA OIL FIELD NOTE: All these works with the exception of those described as owned by col- lectors or private persons are for sale. Apply to the Librarian. AND MONOGRAPHS 3/15/54 41515118