The New York Window

The New York Window by Childe Hassam

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 116.5 × 89.1 cm (45 7/8 × 35 1/16 in.) framed: 148.6 × 121.6 × 8.3 cm (58 1/2 × 47 7/8 × 3 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CAB

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)

Accession Number

2014.79.41

About the Artist

Childe Hassam · 18591935

Frederick Childe Hassam, born on October 17, 1859, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to a family of New England descent with ties to Nathaniel Hawthorne through his mother, Rosa Delia Hawthorne, displayed an early aptitude for art. After his father's cutlery business was ruined by the Great Boston Fire of 1872, Hassam apprenticed as a wood engraver under George E. Johnson while taking drawing and wate...

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