Childe Hassam

PHILADELPHIA — On June 5, Freeman’s will offer Childe Hassam’s 1889 painting Mrs. Hassam in a Garden, the largest and most significant canvas from the artist’s Parisian period. The oil is estimated at $2 million-$3 million and comes fresh to market from an important Philadelphia collection. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

  NEW YORK – An anonymous donor has promised two major prewar American paintings to the Whitney Museum of American Art Museum’s permanent collection: Edward Hopper’s 1932 painting City Roofs and Childe Hassam’s Allied Flags, April 1917, also known as Allied Flags, Union League Club (1917).

  NEW YORK – Even though Celia Thaxter was one of the most popular New England poets of the late 19th century, her beloved book An Island Garden might easily be overlooked on a shelf. But one look inside reveals 12 beautifully colored plates by Childe Hassam, the celebrated American Impressionist painter.