Provincetown Grocery Store
Childe HASSAM
(American, 1859-1935)
Provincetown Grocery Store
Date1900
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 21 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (55.2 x 45.1 cm)
frame: 30 3/4 × 26 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (78.1 × 68.3 × 7 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick in memory of her husband, Stanley McCormick
Object number1968.20.9
Collection
- 20th century American
Sub-Collection(s)
- American Impressionism
On View
Not on viewLabel TextIn 1900, when Hassam visited the picturesque tourist town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod, he was one of the most celebrated American artists of his generation. Several trips to Europe, including a three-year stay in Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian in 1886, made him receptive to the aesthetic aims of the Impressionists. Like the specialists of city life, such as Jean Béraud and Giuseppe de Nittis, who were known for their depictions of fashionable Parisian street scenes, Hassam attempted to capture what a passerby might see, while strolling down the sidewalk. In this sundrenched scene, Hassam employed his characteristic feathery touch, applied with quick gestural marks, and a predominantly white palette, festooned with touches of blue, green, yellow, and orange.
