The Gorge, Appledore

1912

Frederick Childe Hassam

American, 1859-1935

American Art

The broad, liquid strokes and vivid transparency of color in this image demonstrate the success with which Childe Hassam transposed his Impressionist style into the medium of watercolor. In 1912, in his full maturity as an artist, he painted a series of watercolors at his favorite coastal setting of Appledore (one of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire). In these works his compositions are spare, reduced to a few dramatic elements, and his application of washes is intuitive and liberated.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Frederick Childe Hassam
Classification: Watercolor
Formatted Medium: Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
Medium: transparent, watercolor, touches, opaque, cream, moderately, thick, textured, wove, paper
Dimensions: 13 13/16 x 19 7/8 in. (35.1 x 50.5 cm) frame: 23 7/8 x 29 15/16 x 1 15/16 in. (60.6 x 76 x 4.9 cm)
Departments: American Art
Accession Number: 24.103
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Exhibitions: Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection
Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
Museum Location: This item is not on view
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