Friday Fave

A few days late (with the title)...but this painting is too perfect to wait till next October!

Happy weekend!

Childe Hassam (American 1859-1935)
The Ledges, October in Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1907
Oil on canvas

{image via Florence Griswold Museum}

Friday Fave

When I got home from today, the temperature was 101°, with a heat index of 116°!  After  my sweltering metro ride -because I never seem to get onto a car that truly has fully functioning air conditioning- I was ready to dive into a pool.  The only problem...we do not have a pool.  If only this painting -by one my favorite artists Childe Hassam...if you couldn't tell- was my backyard, I'd be in heaven!

Childe Hassam (Am. 1859-1935), Rockweed Pool, oil on canvas

Fortunately my in-laws live 10 minutes away and have a wonderful pool...which I might live in till Monday...

Happy weekend!

{image via Frederick Childe Hassam: The Complete Works}

Friday Fave

Henry Ward Ranger (American 1858-1916), Sunset, Summer
Auctioned at Weschler's, Washington, DC on April 16, 2005
price realized: $2000 (hammer price)

I hope your weekend is as dreamy as this oil on canvas by

Old Lyme artist Henry Ward Ranger!


{image via Weschler's}

Fourth of July

One of my favorite American Impressionist artists, Childe Hassam, created a series of paintings inspired by the increase of nationalistic of flags in New York, as a result of the First World War.  This oil of Fifth Avenue lined with American flags embodies all that we cherish on this July 4th.

Childe Hassam (American 1859-1935), Fourth of July (The Greatest Display of the
American Flag Ever Seen in New York, Climax of the Preparedness Parade in May)
oil on canvas, 36 x 26-1/8 in, 1916
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, special exhibition
Childe Hassam, American Impressionist, June 10-September 24, 2004

Happy Fourth of July!

{image via The Met}

Summer Solstice

Gifford Beal (American 1879-1956), Sailboats in Harbor, oil on board
Auctioned at Grogan & Company, May 21-22, 2011
price realized: $1495 (including buyer's premium)

How I wish I could be out on one those sailboats...happy summer solstice!

Friday Fave

Here is a breathtaking oil on canvas by Old Lyme Colony artist and renowned American Impressionist, Childe Hassam.  Hassam painted this work in 1905, shortly after arriving in Old Lyme, Connecticut.  Hassam's use of the vibrant colors of the setting sun and the quick brush strokes of the light reflecting off the water epitomize the roots of the Impressionist movement- the ability to capture fleeting moments, to embrace vivid colors, the spontaneity of the brush, the introduction of abstraction onto the canvas and to create a world as it is seen, not as it should be seen.

Childe Hassam (American 1859-1935), Sunset at Sea, oil on canvas
Auctioned by Christie's, New York on November 29, 2007
price realized: $3,737,000 (including buyer's premium)

{image via Christie's}