A product of his third trip to Europe, Tuileries Gardens is a spirited example of Childe Hassam’s interest in extending his command of the brighter Impressionist palette. This charming scene is a visual essay in chromatic harmonies—the light tones of ground, sky, and buildings are judiciously punctuated by clusters of parkgoers painted in deep, bold hues. Like the French Impressionists he admired, Hassam selected the quotidian subject of a Parisian public park and likely painted this scene en plein air, or directly on-site.
