Rainy Midnight

Today, we present the last work from our special partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Let's move to rainy New York!

Frederick Childe Hassam was an American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman, he was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums.

Here, Childe Hassam offers a dazzling and mysterious view of an ordinary slice of life—New York City at night in the rain. Hassam had admired the work of the French Impressionists during his studies in Paris in the 1880s. He adopted the Impressionists' flickering brushwork, sparkling light effects, and subjects taken from daily life. Upon returning to the United States, he settled in New York, where he found the bustling streets and grand buildings to be rich subjects to paint.

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P.P.S. Hassam was one of the key American Impressionists. Here's Childe Hassam in 10 paintings!