Childe HassamAmerican, 1859–1935Fifth Avenue
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Fifth Avenue” now? The Cleveland Museum of Art, 208 American Gilded Age and Realism, Cleveland. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Childe Hassam was fascinated by bustling Fifth Avenue, the famed Manhattan thoroughfare quickly becoming a popular shopping district around the time he made this painting. His composition features flecks of color and blurred
forms to approximate reflected light and rapid movement. The accelerated pace of modern life is suggested through the street full of streaming traffic, including two green double-decker buses at lower right.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Details
- Accession number
- 1952.539
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
