Childe HassamAmerican, 1859–1935Spring, Navesink Highlands
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Spring, Navesink Highlands” now? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 30A, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.
Washington, D.C., United States
RoomLuce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 30A
Open now· until 7:00 PM
On public display.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
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."
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1909.7.27
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
