Childe Hassam - The Water Garden [1909]

Childe Hassam - The Water Garden [1909], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

This intimate landscape, with its strong rhythmic composition, flattened space, and tapestry-like application of paint, illustrates the modification of Hassam's style at the turn of the century when he absorbed Post-Impressionist developments. The painting is thought to have been executed on the property of a friend in East Hampton who had a beautiful lily pond surrounded by irises. Hassam was later to buy his own home in East Hampton, where he spent long periods during the last sixteen years of his life.

[Oil on canvas, 61 x 91.4 cm]