Frederick Childe Hassam
Childe Hassam was a pioneer of American Impressionism and perhaps its most devoted, prolific, and successful practitioner. The painting we present today is one of the finest of a series of works that the artist made during summers in the 1890s on Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, in the state of Maine. This series portrays the sumptuous wildflower garden cultivated by his friend, poet Celia Thaxter, a garden that provided a marvelous contrast to the rugged terrain of the island itself. In this painting, vibrant red poppies entangled in lush green foliage introduce a view of bleached Babb's Rock. The painting shows Hassam at the height of his creativity as an American Impressionist.
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