One of America’s best known Impressionist painters, Frederick Childe Hassam likely created this stunning Parisian scene during the late 1880s while staying in France with his new bride. Its animated brushwork, brilliant palette and snap-shot-like composition are all typical of the artist’s early works, and its intimate scale gives the viewer a sense of immediacy and excitement. Such small works were exhibited along with Hassam’s grand compositions throughout Europe and the United States, including such Boston venues as the Boston Art Club and the Doll and Richards Gallery. Today, Hassam’s depictions of urban life are among his most sought-after pieces.

Laundress on a Paris Street will be included in the upcoming Childe Hassam catalogue raisonné being compiled by Stuart Feld and Kathleen Burnside, and it comes to Vose Galleries from a local private collection where it has remained for three generations.

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