At the Florist
Artist
Frederick Childe Hassam
(American, 1859-1935)
CultureAmerican
Date1889
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 5/8 × 54 1/8 in. (93 × 137.5 cm)
Overall, Frame: 46 × 63 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (116.8 × 160.7 × 6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 46 × 63 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (116.8 × 160.7 × 6 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: CHILDE HASSAM. Paris
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., dedicated by the Museum Trustees to Linda H. Kaufman in gratitude for the time, talent, and resources she has so generously given to the Chrysler, June 1999
Object number71.500
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 218
Label TextFrederick Childe Hassam American, 1859–1935 At the Florist, 1889 Oil on canvas It is early morning at a Parisian flower stall. A cool, fragrant breeze rolls by as silvery streams of water run from the flowerpots to the curb. By setting a brilliant profusion of colorful flowers against the grey pavement, Childe Hassam has sharpened our senses, attuning us to the everyday beauty of this scene. Notice how the apron of the girl carrying flowers resembles the paper cones encircling the bouquets. This visual detail makes a poetic connection between the fresh blossoms and the girl’s youthful beauty. Hassam was one of a group of American painters who travelled to Paris to learn the new Impressionist style firsthand. This picture was the last he painted in France before returning home to the States. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., dedicated by the Museum Trustees to Linda H. Kaufman in gratitude for the time, talent, and resources she has so generously given to the Chrysler, June 1999 71.500 ProvenanceEstate of the Artist; Dr. George Sands; Mr. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, N.Y., 1957; Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., August 5, 1957; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, 1971. Exhibition HistorySalon, Paris, 1890. (Exh. cat. no. 1178) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA., 1891. (Exh. cat. no. 129-1/2) "Picture of the Month," Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK., 1946. "Flower Paintings through the Centuries," The Gallery, Atlanta, GA., September 1948. "Hassam and Chase," Parrish Museum, Southampton, Long Island, NY., May 23 - June 15, 1945. "American Classics of the Nineteenth Century," The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA., October 17 - December 1, 1957; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY., January 5 - 26, 1958; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA., February 14 - March 16, 1958; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD., April 1 - May 4, 1958; Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH., May 21 - June 25, 1958. (Exh. cat. no. 113) "The Controversial Century, 1850-1950: Paintings from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, MA., June 16 - September 3, 1962; The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, September 28 - November 4, 1962. "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, VA., March 1 - July 4, 1976. (Exh. cat. pp. 149, 159) "Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, TN., June 12 - September 5, 1977. (Exh. cat. no. 45) "Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," for the benefit of The Chrysler Museum Art Reference Library, Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY., April 13 - May 13, 1978. (Exh. cat. no. 33) "Paris in the Belle Epoque: People and Places," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL., March 1 - April 6, 1980. (Exh. cat. no. 39) "American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY., May 10 - July 24, 1994; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX., August 21 - October 30, 1994; The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO., December 3, 1994 - February 5, 1995; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA., March 12 - May 14, 1995; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA., June 12 - September 17, 1995 (at VMFA the exhibition was titled "America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism and Modern Life"). "Childe Hassam, American Impressionist," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY., June 7 - September 12, 2004. "Americans in Paris 1860-1900," National Gallery, London, England, 22 February - 21 May 2006; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA., 25 June - 24 September 2006; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY., 17 October 2006 - 28 January 2007 (Exh. cat. pp. 93-94, (fig. 43), 242, 244, 286). "Upstairs/Downstairs: Masterpieces from the Chrylser Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, October 10 - December 30, 2012. "Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters and France," Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, November 14, 2021 - March 13, 2022; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, April 16 - July 31, 2022. Published References_American Classics of the Nineteenth Century_, exh. cat., The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1957, not paged. Charles F. Comfort and William S.A. Dale, _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Provincetown, Mass., 1962, not paged. "La Chronique des Arts,"_Supplément a la Gazette des Beaux-Arts_ 1189 (February 1968): 86, no. 305. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975: 149, 159. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Treasures from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk and Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._, exh. cat., Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville, Tenn., 1977, no. 45. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_, exh. cat., Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1978, 34, 70, no. 33. Mahonri Sharp Young, "Primitive to Pop," _Apollo_ 107 (April 1978): 47, 49, no. 9. Dennis R. Anderson, _American Flower Painting_ (New York: Watson-Guptill, 1980), 50. Marion L. Grayson, _Paris in the Belle Epoque: People and Places_, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fla., 1980, 28, fig. 39. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Norfolk, Virginia_, (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1982), 91. Joyce M. Szabo, "American Art - 1875-1913" _Gallery Guide_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1986), 2, no. 3. David Park Curry, _Childe Hassam: An Island Garden Revisited_, exh. cat., Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colo., 1990, 96, plate 41. Lois Marie Fink, _American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons_, exh. cat., National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1990, 255, plate 33. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991), cover, 149, no. 117. H. Barbara Weinberg, _The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers_ (New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1991), 71, no. 76. ISBN: 1558590188 H. Barbara Weinberg, et al., _American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life, 1885-1915_, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY., 1994, 14-16, 179, 188, 366, fig. 9. Erica E. Hirshler, _Dennis Miller Bunker: American Impressionist_, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., 1994, 96-97. Ulrich W. Hiesinger, _Childe Hassam: American Impressionist_, exh. cat., Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1994, 56, fig. 54. Griselda Pollock, _Mary Cassatt: Painter of Modern Women_ (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1998),168, fig. 142. Warren Adelson, Jay E. Cantor, and William H. Gerdts, _Childe Hassam Impressionist_ (New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1999), 29, fig. 27. H. Barbara Weinberg, ed., _Childe Hassam, American Impressionist_, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, 75, 76, 85, 107, 310, 407, fig. 75. Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 120-121, no. 73. Essay by Valerie Ann Leeds, forward by Diane Lesko, _Ray Ellis Paints Flowers_ (Savannah: Compass Publishing, 2005),12. Written and narrated by Kathleen Adler, and produced by the National Gallery Audio Visual Unit. _Americans In Paris 1860-1900_, Distributed by the National Gallery Company Limited:, London . 2006, DVD 30 minutes. Kathleen Adler, Erica E. Hirshler, H. Barbara Weinberg, _Americans in Paris 1860-1900_, exh. cat., National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, 2006, 93-94, (fig. 43), 242, 244, 286. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, _Americans in Paris: American Painters in Paris from 1860 - 1900_, Museum of Fine Arts: Boston, MA., 2006 DVD. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 67, fig. 73. Marco Goldin, _America! Storie Di Pittura Dal Nuovo Mondo_, exh. cat., Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy, November 24, 2007 - May 4, 2008, 331-332. Gordon Hayward, _Art and the Gardener_ (Layton: Gibbs Smith, 2008), 68 & 79, fig. 3.8. Eric M. Zafran, "Norfolk's Salon Masterworks Shine Again," _Fine Art Connoisseur_, November-December 2014, 52-53. Timothy J. Standring, ed., _Whistler to Cassatt: American Painters in France_, exh. cat., Denver Art Museum in association with Yale University Press, New Haven, 2021, 199, fig. 10.
