Artist

Alfred Hassam

Alfred Hassam is an Impressionism artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Childe Hassam carried a sketchbook like a second diary, doodling wherever he paused—street corners, park benches, even crowded ferries. He loved the grit of cities: smoke, steam, and the way sunlight bounces off wet pavement. One afternoon he sketched a man draped in Arab robes, smoking a hookah in downtown Boston, then turned it into a watercolor that feels like a snapshot from another life. Find it in Gallery Tiles and you’ll see why he kept the details loose but the mood exact.

Works by Alfred Hassam

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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