Childe Hassam, the son of a Dorchester hardware merchant, had made only one trip to Europe before painting Boston Common at Twilight. He studied French art in Boston collections, and he was familiar with the popular work of painters active in Paris, like Jean Béraud and Giuseppe de Nittis, who took modern life as their main subject and frequently depicted fashionable young women in urban settings. Hassam adapted their French aesthetic to his native city and began a series of large canvases representing several of Boston’s developing neighborhoods: Back Bay, the South End, and Park Square.
Express your own personal style with our small matted prints - suitable for framing. Boston Common at Twilight shows the soothing effects of dusk on freshly fallen snow, juxtaposed with Boston's busy streets. The original work by Childe Hassam (American, 1859 - 1935) is a highlight of the Art of the Americas collection.
- Matted to a standard 11 x 14 format.
Artwork Details
At Dusk (Boston Common at Twilight), 1885–86
Childe Hassam (American, 1859–1935)
106.68 x 152.4 cm (42 x 60 in.)
Oil on canvas
Gift of Miss Maud E. Appleton, 31.952
