The Brush House — Fine Art

The Brush House by Childe Hassam shows a house built near a field of tall grasses. The eye enters on the low roof line and settles on the cluster of windows.

Open space around the roof and roof ridge keeps the scene calm. Childe Hassam worked in the American impressionist tradition and often painted houses and gardens with quick painted brush strokes set in the open air. The fine art print sits in a frame with a back panel, so the image stays flat and the paper does not catch light.

The matte surface keeps the soft paint tones even when a lamp is on. A hallway wall near the kitchen door gives the picture room to breathe. From the hall you notice the plain front of the house first, then the small tree shapes beside it.