COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1994.567
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Hassam, Childe
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1859-1935
Creator Name-CRT:
Childe Hassam
Title:
Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1890
Creation Start Date:
1890
Creation End Date:
1890
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. (45.1 x 54.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1994.567
Credit Line:
Partial and Promised Gift of an Anonymous Donor, 1994
Context:
This painting is one of the finest of a series of works that Hassam made during summers in the 1890s on Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals, which lie ten miles east of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 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.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ap1994.567.R.tif
