New England Headlands
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
1899
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- 68.9 × 68.9 cm (27 1/8 × 27 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Gloucester
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Walter H. Schulze Memorial Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
This panoramic landscape depicts one of Childe Hassam’s favorite destinations: Gloucester, Massachusetts. During the summer months Gloucester was home to many artists, who, like Hassam, chose to emphasize its picturesque aspects, such as its quaint buildings and sailing vessels, rather than its fish-processing plants. The composition exhibits Hassam’s broken brushwork and his use of bare canvas, particularly in the foreground. Bright, saturated blues and crisp whites add to the maritime tenor of the work, while the square canvas highlights its architectural quality and harmoniously organized space.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
