'''Frederick Childe Hassam''' ([[Boston]], 1859 – East Hampton, [[Connecticut]], 1935) was an American [[Impressionist]] [[painter]].
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'''Frederick Childe Hassam''' ([[Boston]], 1859 – East Hampton, [[Connecticut]], 1935) was an American [[Impressionist]] [[painter]]. In 1886, he went to [[Paris]] to study. By suggestion of Celia Thaxter he switch his name from "Frederick C. Hassam" to the more artistic-sounding "F. Childe Hassam".