Flags, Fifth Avenue by Frederick Childe Hassam Business Card

Flags, Fifth Avenue (1918). Artist: Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Flags, 5th Avenue is a vintage impressionism fine art urban scene painting featuring Fifth Avenue in New York City decorated with flags during a parade. Crowds of people line the streets marching. Frederick Childe Hassam was inspired by a "Preparedness Parade" (for the American involvement in World War I) held on Fifth Avenue in New York (renamed the “Avenue of the Allies’’ during the Liberty Loan Drives of 1918). Thousands participated in these parades which often lasted for over twelve hours. In the foreground the flags of the Allied nations hang neatly in a row. The flags represent the harmony of three nations joined in a single cause; “the Fight for democracy.” About the artist: Frederick Childe Hassam was a prominent and prolific American Impressionist painter, noted for his urban and coastal scenes. Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and the museums.