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}

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}