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| Keywords: Childe Hassam - The Lorelei - Walters 37310.jpg During an 1886-89 stay in Paris this Boston painter experimented with working in oils outdoors He gradually abandoned the dark-toned palette of the Barbizon masters for the brighter colors of the French Impressionists Hassam named this study of a nude model painted as if posed on a cliff after the siren in the German poet Heinrich Heine's Die Lorelei 1827 In the poem the Lorelei a water spirit dwelling in the treacherous rocks along the Rhine River lures ships to their destruction with her tantalizing singing Night falls as I linger dreaming And calmly flows the Rhine; The Peaks of the mountains gleaming In the golden sunset shine A wondrous lovely maiden Sits high in glory there; Her robe with gems is laden And she combs out her golden hair 1904 Oil on canvas cm 63 8 53 5 accession number 37 310 39695 Henry Walters Baltimore 1905 by purchase this painting was possibly acquired at the National Academy of Design exhibition of 1905 where it won the Thomas B Clarke Prize Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1905 Signature Lower right Childe Hassam; Date Lower right 1904 The Walters' American Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2005-2006 place of origin USA PD-old-auto 1935 Paintings of women by Childe Hassam Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Cliffs in art Loreley water spirit | ||||
