# Grand Prix Day [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HASSAM, Childe]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 86 cm ## Commentary Hassam began to make a name for himself with rainy or snowy city scenes. In 1886, he went to Europe, this time to Paris. In this period he began to use a more Impressionist technique and colourism. Grand Prix Day, painted in 1887, is generally cited as the earliest work in his changed style. His palette brighter, his accentual colour contrasts strong, Hassam has turned away from the rain to a sunny summer's day and a crowd on their way to the big June races at Longchamp in the Bois de Boulogne. ## Related artworks - [A Shower. Rue Bonaparte, Paris]() - [Allies Day, May 1917]() - [Celia Thaxter's Gardens, Isles of Shoals, Maine]() - [Rainy Day, Columbus Avenue, Boston]() - [Sunset at Sea]() - [The 14th July, Rue Daunou \(detail\)]() - [The 14th July, Rue Daunou]() - [The Little Pond, Appledore]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()