Between the Lines

Speed Art Museum showcases the black and white prints of Childe Hassam

- 

Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Landscape, Land of Nod, 1918. Lithograph on wove paper, 11% x 18 in.

Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 1941.5.16. Photo 2024 Bill Roughen.

By the time Childe Hassam turned his attention to printmaking at age 56, he was already an established impressionist painter whose urban and coastal scenes were characterized by his bold and vibrant use of color. Though he discovered printmaking later in life, Hassam developed a passion for the monochrome medium, and he approached it with an innovative spirit that re-enlivened all of his art forms.

On view at the Speed Art Museum through August 17, Childe Hassam: Impressions in Black and White provides another dimension to our understanding and appreciation—of one of the foremost painters of the 19th and early-20th centuries.