Wikipedia article references frederick childe hassam october 17 1859 august 27 1935 was an american impressionist painter noted for his urban and coastal scenes along with mary cassatt and john henry twachtman hassam was instrumental in promulgating impressionism to american collectors dealers and museums. I believe the man who will go down to posterity is the man who paints his own time and the scenes of everyday life around him declared childe hassam in 1892 it was as a pioneer of american impressionism and perhaps its most prolific and successful practitioner that hassam 1859 1935 realized this credo. Frederick childe hassam 1859 1935 was an american impressionist painter he along with mary cassatt and john henry twachtman brought impressionism to the american art scene born in dorchester boston hassam studied in paris and then returned to the united states living in new york and in the south end boston