graphical or critical studies. The by-passing of a group 

 of prints that are to be found in many public collections 

 throughout the United States cannot be attributed 

 to Hassam's obscurity. He was a prominent academi- 

 cian. In his lifetime he won probably more awards 

 than aiiy other American artist of his period. This 

 is the first descriptive catalog of Hassam's lithographs. 



Frederick Childe Hassam (pronounced Has'sam, the 

 last name is a corruption of the old English name of 

 Horsham) was born in Boston on October 17, 1859. 

 He was the son of a prosperous Boston merchant and 

 avid antiquarian, among whose sizable collection of 

 antiques he spent his early youth. His formal art 

 training began in Boston under I. M. Gaugengigl. 

 After working for a short period as an illustrator and 

 painter, he continued his studies at the Academic 

 Julian in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre until 

 1883. During his five years in France, Hassam was 

 unquestionably influenced by the prismatic dissolutions 

 of Monet, an influence that was to make him one of 

 the leading exponents of American impressionism, or 

 "luminism," as it was termed in this country. 



On his return from Europe, Hassam continued to 

 work both as a painter and an illustrator. To the read- 

 ers of such periodicals as Babyland, Wide Awake, Saint 

 Nicholas, Harper's, Scribner''s, and The Century, he became 

 as well-known as to gallery-goers. In 1898 he helped 

 to found and was a member of "The Ten," a group of 

 rebels, composed of such artists as Dewing, Twacht- 

 man, Tarbell, J. A. Weir, Metcalf, Reid, Benson, 

 J. R. DeCamp, and E. E. Simmons, who opposed the 

 conservative traditions of the American Academy. 



It was toward the end of his career, after Hassam had 

 established an international reputation as a painter, 

 that he began to produce, during 1917 and 1918, some 



