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Hassam employs a sophisticated Impressionist palette, using delicate dabs of colour to capture the filtered sunlight as it interacts with the room's textures, from the translucent sheen of the curtains to the rich, dark wood of the furniture. #FrederickChildeHassam
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This painting depicts Ms. Thaxter bathed in sunlight, lost in her thoughts and surrounded by her flowers. Hassam's affection for Celia Thaxter can be seen as she is painted as lovely as the brightly coloured flowers in her garden. #FrederickChildeHassam
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American artist Frederick Childe Hassam created “Summer Evening” the year he first visited Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals, a resort off the coast of Maine presided over by gardener and poet Celia Laighton Thaxter. In this painting, possibly completed there, a fair-skinned woman with dark brown hair pulled back sits in profile, her gaze directed out the window. She is wearing an off-white loose-fitting dress, which drapes softly around her. Her posture suggests a quiet stillness, possibly introspection as she angles her body away into the shadows while vibrant red geraniums in a terracotta pot on the windowsill beside the woman lean towards the sun. The woman's hand gently touches the plant, creating a subtle connection between her and the natural world outside. The interior of the room is depicted with a muted palette of greens and browns. A section of a light-colored curtain is visible to the woman's right, suggesting a private space. The wall is painted a subtle, mottled green. The painting conveys a sense of tranquility and solitude, with the woman's quiet contemplation emphasized by the expansive exterior landscape and the simple yet beautiful details of the interior setting. The contrast between the vibrant geraniums and the muted colors of the room and landscape adds to the emotional depth of the work. Painting in Cos Cob, Old Lyme, and New York, Hassam would return many times to the theme of a woman near a window contemplating her relationship to the outside world. The same year he completed “Summer Evening,” Hassam went to Paris, France to study. There, he absorbed the style of artists such as Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro, though he never had direct contact with any of the French Impressionists. When he returned to the United States he roamed up the east coast visiting different artists’ colonies and enclaves, spreading the Impressionist style.
Summer Evening by Frederick Childe Hassam (American) - Oil on canvas / 1886 - Florence Griswold Museum (Old Lyme, Connecticut) #womeninart #art #ArtText #oilpainting #artwork #womensart #AmericanArt #AmericanArtist #Summer #fineart #FrederickChildeHassam #ChildeHassam #FlorenceGriswoldMuseum
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