CHILDE HASSAM (1859-1935) was a painter of many moods and mediums. Water-colour was his vehicle of spontaneous ex pression from the beginning of his artistic career, covering a period of forty years. Breadth of colour and an impressionistic manner, broken colour closely tied together and washes beauti fully spotted in, tend to give a fine sparkle to his pictures. He was the first president of the New York Water Color Club, organized in 1890, serving six years.