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Mount Hood


Childe Hassam, Mount Hood, 1908, oil on canvas, Gift of Mr. Henry Failing Cabell, public domain, 53.22

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Title

Mount Hood

Artist

Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935)

Date

1908

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions (H x W x D)

18 in x 25 in

Inscriptions & Markings

maker's mark; date: CH 1908, grey paint (once white), verso; center

date: Childe Hassam 1908, brushed, lower left

Collection Area

American Art; Northwest Art

Category

Paintings

Object Type

painting

Culture

American

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Henry Failing Cabell

Accession Number

53.22

Copyright

public domain

Terms

canvas

Gifts from the Failing Family

landscapes

mountains

oil paint

oil paintings

paintings

Picturing Oregon

Related Places

Depicts: Oregon

Depicts: Hood, Mount

Location

Belluschi Building

Ayer Wing

2nd Floor

Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery

Description

Painted during Hassam's second trip to Oregon, the view across the city to Mount Hood is from the southwest hills and is an unusually tonalist composition for one of America's most important Impressionists.

History
Exhibitions

2004 Childe Hassam: Impressionist in the West Portland Art Museum

2015 Paradise: Fallen Fruit Portland Art Museum

2023 Throughlines: Connections in the Collection Portland Art Museum

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