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. Childe hassam 1859 1935 was an american painter who played a crucial role in popularizing impressionism in the united states he formed a breakaway group of artists devoted to the style known as the ten by the end of his life he was one of the worlds most commercially successful artists