About this artwork
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.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Americas
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Artist
- Childe Hassam
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Title
- New England Headlands
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Place
- Gloucester (Place depicted:)
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Date
- 1899
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Medium
- Oil on canvas
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Inscriptions
- Signed recto, bottom-left, on rocks, in pink paint: "Childe Hassam", in dark paint: "1899".
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Dimensions
- 68.9 × 68.9 cm (27 1/8 × 27 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Walter H. Schulze Memorial Collection
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Reference Number
- 1930.349
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/5349/manifest.json
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