Childe Frederick Hassam, American, 1859 to 1935, oil on board painting The Sea Breeze, depicting a seascape in an impressive impasto technique. Housed in a richly ornate gilt wood and gesso frame with a metal name plate below. Childe Hassam is known for Flag parades, figure and interior scene painting, and etchings. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Childe Hassam became one of Americas most noted Impressionist painters, but he never labelled himself in that way asserting he was more interested in the emotional content of his paintings than the technique of applying color. He also completed over 350 etchings and drypoints and about 45 lithographs, most of them after he was 56 years old. Watercolor was another specialty, and Hassam was one of the founders of the New York Watercolor Society. One of a kind artwork. American Fine Art, Marine Watercolor Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles.