Paris at Twilight

Artist Childe Hassam (1859 - 1935)

Date1887

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (64.8 x 54 cm)
Framed: 34 1/4 x 31 x 2 1/2 in. (87 x 78.7 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.25

Signedl.l., in brown paint: Childe Hassam / Paris 1887

Accession number 2005.25

On View

On view

Provenance(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY); Estate of Margaret Z. Van Beuren, Newport, RI; to (Christie's, Inc., New York, NY), December 2, 1988, lot 217, illustrated in color on cover; to Leonard I. Green [1934-2002], 1998, Los Angeles, CA; to Estate of Leonard I. Green, 2002; to (Sotheby's, Inc., New York, NY), November 30, 2005, lot 67; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextFrom 1886 to 1889, Childe Hassam studied art in Paris. There he was entranced by the everyday life of the capital city and by Impressionism, the new French style of painting, which was becoming popular at the time. Here, Hassam captures a Paris boulevard at a specific moment, showing his emerging Impressionist interest in both the changing quality of light and modern urban life. The dusky atmosphere and rising moon indicate the time of day, while the fallen autumn leaves show the change of seasons.

Childe Hassam estudió arte en París desde 1886 hasta 1889. Hassam cayó bajo el hechizo de la vida diaria en la ciudad capital, y del impresionismo, aquella nueva forma francesa de pintar, que estaba ganado popularidad durante la época. Aquí, el artista captura un bulevar parisino en un momento específico, demostrando así su creciente interés por la pintura impresionista y las características cambiantes de la luz y la vida urbana moderna. La atmósfera obscura y la luna que se levanta indican la hora del día, mientras que las hojas otoñales en el suelo apuntan al cambio de estación.