Frederick Childe Hassam (American) 1859-1935,The Water Garden 1909,Oil on canvas
The intimate landscape with its rhythmic composition,compressed space,and tapestry-like of paint,demonstrates the modification of Hassam's style at the turn of the century,when he began absorbing Post-Impressionist influences.The flat decorative arrangements of natural forms,reminiscent of Japanese design seems to honor,visually,the irises depicted within it.Hassam may have painted the Water Garden on a friend's East Hampton property on Long Island,New York,which featured a beautiful lily pond surrounded by irises.Hassam would later purchase his own house nearby and spend much of the last sixteen years of his life there.
Frederick Childe Hassam (American) 1859-1935,The Water Garden 1909,Oil on canvas
The intimate landscape with its rhythmic composition,compressed space,and tapestry-like of paint,demonstrates the modification of Hassam's style at the turn of the century,when he began absorbing Post-Impressionist influences.The flat decorative arrangements of natural forms,reminiscent of Japanese design seems to honor,visually,the irises depicted within it.Hassam may have painted the Water Garden on a friend's East Hampton property on Long Island,New York,which featured a beautiful lily pond surrounded by irises.Hassam would later purchase his own house nearby and spend much of the last sixteen years of his life there.