Broadway and 42nd Street
1902 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions : 26 x 22 in. (66 x 55.9 cm)
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
While Hassam is better known for his New England subjects, his French and American city scenes capture the picturesque qualities of popular parks, boulevards, and commercial districts. This evocative nocturne of urbanites in Longacre Square (now known as Times Square) is quietly atmospheric. Blanketing the vibrant cross-streets with weather effects and the glow of electricity—that powered and illuminated the new trolley cars —Hassam aestheticizes the modern in early twentieth-century New York.
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About this artwork
Broadway and 42nd Street (1902) by Childe Hassam, oil on canvas, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
About Childe Hassam
"Painter and illustrator. Hassam was a leading American Impressionist whose work was much influenced by Claude Monet. His landscapes, street scenes, and interior scenes were both popularly and officially recognized. Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A.
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