Artist:

Childe Hassam, born Dorchester, MA 1859-died East Hampton, NY 1935  Search this

Medium:

oil on canvas

Dimensions:

25 x 30 1/8 in. (63.6 x 76.6 cm)

Type:

Painting

Date:

1908

Luce Center Label:

Childe Hassam lived in New York, but he also spent a good deal of time away from the chaos of urban life, painting landscapes and quaint villages in New England. (Pyne, Art and the Higher Life, 1999) In this painting of New Jersey's Navesink Highlands, he used quick brushstrokes to capture the effect of a cool spring breeze in the flickering leaves and ripples on the water. After he had chosen a frame for the piece he wrote to his patron William T. Evans that "I am glad to say it looks as fine as anything anywhere in the world."

Topic:

Landscape\forest  Search this

Landscape\season\spring  Search this

Landscape\New Jersey\Navesink  Search this

Landscape\river\Navesink River  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans

Object number:

1909.7.27

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 30A

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a53f5350-80e3-423e-9cf1-4a00a43b9acd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1909.7.27