AFA Summer 2021

2021 Antiques & Fine Art 87 Hassam’s impressionist technique belies a steadfast accuracy derived from thirty summers spent on the Isles of Shoals, a group of small islands located about nine miles off the coast of southern Maine and New Hampshire. His record of identifiable rock formations and waterline marks has enabled scientists working on Appledore today to corroborate continuity and change relative to modern-day marine ecology and climate. Childe Hassam (1859–1935), East Headland, Appledore, Isles of Shoals, 1911. Oil on canvas, 30 × 36 inches. Peabody Essex Museum; Gift of Peter S. Lynch in memory of Carolyn A. Lynch (2018.72.1). Photography by Kathy Tarantola.