Allies Day, May 1917

Hassam painted a series of paintings in the second decade of the twentieth century which document his patriotic feelings during the First World War. The pictures, such as the Allies Day, May 1917, transform the flagged buildings of New York into a sea of fluttering colour. In some degree Hassam's painting was inspired by Monet's Rue Saint-Denis in Paris, Celebration of 30 June 1878.