Surf, Isles of Shoals by Frederick Childe Hassam - 1913 - 89.5 x 71.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art Surf, Isles of Shoals by Frederick Childe Hassam - 1913 - 89.5 x 71.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art

Surf, Isles of Shoals

oil on canvas • 89.5 x 71.8 cm
  • Frederick Childe Hassam - October 17, 1859 - August 27, 1935 Frederick Childe Hassam 1913

Hassam's summer sojourns on the Isles of Shoals, ten miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, were among the most fruitful of his long career, inspiring almost ten percent of his works. This painting in oil on canvas is a particularly fine example. It presents a broad view of a tidal pool—rendered with great chromatic variety and inventiveness—embraced by rocks and punctuated by spray; distant islands appear on the horizon.