These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are.

Along with Mary Cassatt and John Henry Twachtman Hassam was instrumental in promulgating Impressionism to American collectors dealers and museums. Frederick Childe Hassam (October 17 1859 – August 27 1935) was a prolific American Impressionist painter noted for his urban and coastal scenes.