Childe Hassam is best known for his landscapes of summer resorts in New England, such as the etching Wayside Inn - Oaks in Spring, as well as for views of streets and squares in Boston, Paris, and New York.  Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, he apprenticed as a wood engraver and worked as a freelance illustrator for magazines and book publishers while attending evening classes at the Boston Art Club and the Lowell Institute.  Hassam was greatly influenced by Impressionism and was accepted by the Paris Salon in 1887 and 1888.  He established a studio in New York and, with Twachtman and Weir, founded the group of American Impressionists known as "The Ten" in 1897.  He was represented in the Armory Show by six oils, five pastels, and one drawing, although he later denounced the show as being too radical.