tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185008236702237981.post1571858594464580204..comments2011-06-22T10:12:58.253+08:00bibblenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185008236702237981.post-12831454327216719142011-06-22T10:12:58.253+08:002011-06-22T10:12:58.253+08:00Neil, I am sorry I hadn't had the chance earlier to respond to your comment. It was food for thought, and I agree with you on all the points however, regarding Hassam's works...I think in his early years he was a colourist but for a great deal of his life, he was a printmaker. In fact, Hassam was at different points in his career, considered a pillar of American graphic arts, and exhibited with Mary Cassatt and Frank Benson. However, whilst Cassatt and Benson would stir up enthusiasm for amateurs and experts alike, Hassam did not. Cassatt's works were created in various mediums, drypoint, aquatint and colour etchings. However, she worked always with her conscience and mind in harmony. Hassam's plates were usually much larger and captured Easthampton, New England/York and nymphs. They were designed to appeal to the residents of those places and to look good on walls. I take your point that artists need to sell because food isn't free. In the end, I agree my posting was a tad harsh, and doubtless I will look back at in the future and cringe, but I think it is part of the distillation process regarding the mania of etchings in the latter part of the Victorian period that carried on until World War I. However, your opinions are always excellent because I am required to reconsider and rethink.Clivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10707185621963217185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185008236702237981.post-34335323034248970572011-06-07T21:39:31.975+08:002011-06-07T21:39:31.975+08:00Clive, Hassam seems to have been easily swayed whatever influences were on offer at any moment. He's a bit of a Rorschach test as an artist.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185008236702237981.post-25994032185790936802011-06-05T01:04:42.349+08:002011-06-05T01:04:42.349+08:00I think your points are well made, but perhaps a trifle harsh. You can't blame any artist for trying to make a living from their art - it's a hard enough road without starvation and penury thrown in for good measure! That said, in my view Childe Hassam was essentially a colourist, at his best in oils and especially watercolours rather than in black-and-white etchings.Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185008236702237981.post-58449436791912671902011-06-03T15:06:38.978+08:002011-06-03T15:06:38.978+08:00nice article and nutshell art lecture, thanksGerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985746967465520617noreply@blogger.com