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Impressions of Oregon.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JAN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Impressions of Oregon.(Arts & Literature)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard

PORTLAND - When Childe Hassam visited Oregon a century ago, he was the most famous painter in the United States.

The American-born, French-educated impressionist had made his career producing cityscapes of New York and Boston and more idyllic landscapes of Maine and Cape Cod, all in the shimmering style of Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro.

Hassam's work - especially his prolific output of American flag paintings - proved so popular that he died wealthy.

When he came to Oregon in 1904 and again in 1908, he arrived as a high-profile ambassador of traditional European culture to the pioneer West, lending credibility to...

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