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Childe Hassam, Artist: A Short Personal Sketch, 1932

Jul 24, 2020 11 MINUTES
The American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam is known today for his depictions of New England landscapes and portraits of life in turn-of-the-century New York. In this “personal sketch” of the artist, watch Hassam go for a swim, play golf, review preparatory drawings, paint in his studio, and even stroll through The Met’s galleries—where he goes to visit his first canvas to enter the Museum’s collection, “Coast Scene, Isles of Shoals” (1901). Featuring a new musical score written and performed by Ben Model.

To learn more about Ben Model, please visit: https://www.silentfilmmusic.com

As part of The Met’s 150th anniversary in 2020, each month we will release three to four films from the Museum’s extensive moving-image archive, which comprises over 1,500 films, both made and collected by the Museum, from the 1920s onward. This includes rarely seen artist profiles and documentaries, as well as process films about art-making techniques and behind-the-scenes footage of the Museum.

New films every week: https://www.metmuseum.org/150/from-the-vaults

Read more about the series here: https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2020/from-the-vaults-film-archive

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