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Label Text Just ten years before the famous "Eight" organized in 1908 and became known as "The Ash-Can School", a splinter group from the Society of American Artists organized to oppose academic tradition in favor of of individual experiments, calling themselves "The Ten". This group included Twachtman, Weir and Childe Hassam, among the most advanced American painters of the time. Born in 1859, Hassam received his early training in Boston and, as a young painter, established a reputation as a luminist, even before his firsthand encounter with the impressionists. In Paris in the mid-eighties, Hassam was influenced especially by the work of Monet. Throughout his life, the American scene was recorded and interpreted in his impressionist style. Recently acquired for the J. Emory Coffin Collection "Bridge in Snow" is an outstanding example of the impressionist technique combined with an unusual palette to interpret the scene. The cold greys accent the cold light. Figures emerge from the background where architecture and atmosphere are all but one. Source: Bulletin, October 1961.
Exhibition History"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24 - Nov. 20, 1983, (circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, April 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"Highlights from Three Collections: The Bohen, Coffin and Cowles Collections," Des Moines Art Center, July 8 - Sept. 11, 1983

"76 - A Birthday for a Nation and for a Museum," Charles H. MacNider Museum, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Mason City, Jan. 10 - Feb. 15, 1976

"A Look at American Landscapes," Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 9 - Feb. 19, 1966

"Childe Hassam," Hirschl and Adler Galleries, N. Y., Feb. 18 - Mar. 14, 1964
Published ReferencesHUGO REISINGER COLLECTION SALE, The Plaza, New York, Jan. 18-19, 1916, cat. no.25, ill. (In the sale catalogue, the illustration of this painting shows the date 1894 following Hassam's signature. This date is no longer on the painting)

DMAC Bulletin, Oct. 1961, cover ill.

"Childe Hassam," Hirschl and Adler Galleries, N. Y., 1964, exh. cat. no.33

"76 - A Birthday for a Nation and for a Museum," Charles H. MacNider Museum, 1976, exh. cat. no.20

THE NATHAN EMORY COFFIN COLLECTION, a portfolio of fifty selections from the collection, published by the Des Moines Art Center in 1981 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Nathan Emory Coffin, b/w ill.

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.16

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.81 & 82, b/w ill. pl.59, p.82

AN UNCOMMON VISION: THE DES MOINES ART CENTER, Des Moines Art Center, 1998, ref. & color detail p.135, color ill. p.134

Richard Haw "Art of the Brooklyn Bridge: A Visual History", Routledge, 2008, color ill. pg. 102
DimensionsFrame: 42 7/8 × 36 × 1 3/4 in. (108.9 × 91.4 × 4.4 cm)
Image (visible): 31 1/4 × 24 3/8 in. (79.4 × 61.9 cm)
Accession Number 1961.47
Classificationspainting
CopyrightPublic Domain
SignedChilde Hassam (l,r oil paint) Childe Hassam (verso)
ProvenanceArtist. (James P. Silo, New York); Hugo Reisinger, New York [purchased from the previous, 1906]; (The Valuable Pictures by Foreign and American Masters Collected by the Late Hugo Reisinger, American Art Association, New York, January 18, 1916, lot no. 25); Kleinberger Galleries, New York [purchased from the previous, 1916]; James P. Labey, New York [purchased from the previous, 1920]. (John Levy Gallery, New York); (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1961]

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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DSM Speaks Audio Tour with Abe Goldstien, Community Member

Run Time: 43 seconds
Recorded by Abe Goldstien, CultureALL Community Ambassador / 2022


Abe Goldstien Bio

Having retired from a 40+ year career in advertising, Abe happily spends his days volunteering at Moore Elementary School in Des Moines. Somehow, he still manages to pursue his passions: promoting and writing about jazz, including a weekly radio show; playing the accordion; educating people about the Jewish religion and Yiddish culture; and doing freelance advertising projects for a variety of clients. But in Abe’s world, there is still time to try something new, like the Des Moines Speaks project.

DES MOINES SPEAKS

DSM Speaks are short audio reflections on artwork in our permanent collection, written and voiced by diverse members of our community. Contributors to this program were selected in partnership with CultureALL and the Des Moines Art Center. We hope by elevating these diverse ways of seeing we can encourage all visitors to connect more deeply and to see themselves and their identities within our walls.

Bridge in Snow (Brooklyn Bridge in Winter)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Childe Hassam
1917
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Karl Mattern
1953
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Erich Brauer
1962-1963
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Walter Wellington Quirt
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gardner George Symons
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ralph Albert Blakelock
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Roy Lichtenstein
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Pelton
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1984