Montmartre: July 14

Montmartre: July 14 was inspired by the festivities in Paris on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the fall of the Bastille prison, an event that precipitated the French Revolution. Childe Hassam visited the modest quarter of Paris and recorded the brilliant color of the echoing French flags massed along the street with lush hills framing the scene on the right. Montmartre was soon to become famous as an artists’ haven, but in the 1880s it was still a working-class enclave; Hassam shows the scene populated by farm women in white aprons and with baskets on their arms. This small work demonstrates the artist’s abiding fascination with urban street life, but also reveals an uncharacteristic preoccupation with formal, asymmetric arrangement of flat areas of color. Montmartre: July 14 anticipates by a quarter of a century Hassam’s many paintings of city streets overhung with patriotic banners, which are among the artist’s most celebrated works.

113th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 3–March 24, 1918 (as Montmartre: July 14, 1889). [exh. cat.]

Childe Hassam as Printmaker: A Selection in Various Media, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, June 28–September 11, 1977, no. 32.

The Spencer Collection of American Art: An Exhibition of Works for Sale, Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York (organizer). Venue: Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York, June 13–29, 1990, no. 11 (as Les Buttes, Montmartre, July 14, 1889). [exh. cat.]

Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915 (Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, June 1–November 1, 1992; April 1–October 31, 1993; April 1–October 30, 1994; April 1–October 31, 1995. [exh. cat.]

American Artists and the Paris Experience, 1880–1910, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, November 22, 1997–March 8, 1998.

L'héroïque et le quotidien: les artistes américains, 1820–1920 (The Extraordinary and the Everyday: American Perspectives, 1820–1920), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–November 30, 2001. [exh. cat.]

Childe Hassam (1859–1935): Transatlantic Impressions, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois (organizer). Venue: Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, February 16–April 28, 2002.

Le Passage à Paris: les artistes américains en France, 1860–1930 (Passing through Paris: American Artists in France, 1860–1930), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, April 1–October 31, 2005. [exh. brochure]

Le Passage à Paris: les artistes américains en France, 1860–1930 (Passing through Paris: American Artists in France, 1860–1930), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, April 1–October 29, 2006. [exh. brochure]

Le Temps des loisirs : peintures américaines (At Leisure: American Paintings), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, July 15–October 31, 2007.

Le Temps des loisirs : peintures américaines (At Leisure: American Paintings), Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France (organizer). Venue: Musée d'Art Américain Giverny, France, April 1–October 31, 2008.

Americans Abroad: Landscape and Artistic Exchange, 1800–1920 (穿越大洋的艺术 | 美国印第安纳大学埃斯凯纳齐艺术博物馆藏19–20世纪风景画展)", Exhibition partnership between the Eskenazi Museum of Art (Indiana University) and the Tsinghua University Art Museum (organizers). Venue: Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing, China, September 21, 2018–March 17, 2019. [exh. cat.]

Catalogue of the 113th Annual Exhibition. (exh. cat., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1918. Ill. no. 390 (as Montmartre: July 14, 1889).

Fort, Ilene Susan. The Flag Paintings of Childe Hassam. (exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988. Text p. 83.

Ferguson, Charles B. et al. The Spencer Collection of American Art. (exh. cat., Spanierman Gallery). New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1990. Text p. 24; ill. p. 25 (color as Les Buttes, Montmartre, July 14, 1889).

Gerdts, William H. et al. Lasting Impressions: American Painters in France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text pp. 10, 70–71, 236; pl. 67, p. 241 (color as Les Buttes, Montmartre, July 14, 1889).

Gerdts, William H. et al. Impressions de toujours: les peintres américains en France, 1865–1915. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1992. Text pp. 10, 70–71, 236; pl. 67, p. 241 (color as Les Buttes, Montmartre, 14 juillet 1889).

The French Library in Boston. Boston, Massachusetts: The French Library, 1993. Text p. 2; ill. cover (color).

Reymond, Nathalie. Un regard américain sur Paris (An American Glance at Paris). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 1997. Text p. 40; ill. p. 38 (color as Montmartre, 14 Juillet/Montmartre, July 14).

Cartwright, Derrick R. The Extraordinary and the Everyday: American Perspectives, 1820–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2001. Text p. 23 (checklist); ill. p. 42 (color as Montmartre, July 14, 1889).

Cartwright, Derrick R. L'Héroïque et le quotidian: les artistes américains, 1820–1920. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2001. Text p. 23 (checklist); ill. p. 42 (color as Montmartre, 14 juillet, 1889).

Griffith, Bronwyn A. E. Passing Through Paris: Americans in France, 1860–1930. (exh. brochure, Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2005. Text n.p.; ill. cover (color as Montmartre: July 14, 1889).

Griffith, Bronwyn A. E. Le Passage à Paris: les artistes américains en France, 1860–1930. (exh. brochure, Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2005. Text n.p.; ill. cover (color as Montmartre, 14 juillet, 1889).

Tsinghua University Art Museum. Americans Abroad: Landscape and Artistic Exchange, 1800–1920. (exh. cat. Tsinghua University Art Museum) Beijing: Tsinghua University, 2018. Text p. 134; ill. p. 135 (color).